Drought responses of foliar metabolites in three maize hybrids differing in water stress tolerance.

Maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids varying in drought tolerance were treated with water stress in controlled environments. Experiments were performed during vegetative growth and water was withheld for 19 days beginning 17 days after sowing. Genotypic comparisons used measured changes of leaf water potenti...

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Main Authors: Jinyoung Y Barnaby, Moon Kim, Gary Bauchan, James Bunce, Vangimalla Reddy, Richard Charles Sicher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3797120?pdf=render