Aboveground mechanical stimuli affect belowground plant-plant communication.

Plants can detect the presence of their neighbours and modify their growth behaviour accordingly. But the extent to which this neighbour detection is mediated by abiotic stressors is not well known. In this study we tested the acclimation response of Zea mays L. seedlings through belowground interac...

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Main Authors: Ali Elhakeem, Dimitrije Markovic, Anders Broberg, Niels P R Anten, Velemir Ninkovic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5931455?pdf=render