Fructans and water suppression on intact and fragmented rhizophores of Vernonia herbacea
In order to evaluate the involvement of fructans in drought tolerance, experiments were conducted using intact plants and excised rhizophores of Vernonia herbacea. The water content in rhizophores of intact plants was maintained for 30 days when plants were watered every 7 and 15 days, whereas plant...
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| Language: | English |
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Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar)
2004-07-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132004000300005 |