CALCIUM PARTIALLY RELIEVES THE DELETERIUS EFFECTS OF HYPOXIA ON A MAIZE CULTIVAR SELECTED FOR WATERLOGGING TOLERANCE

Low soil oxygen concentrations due to waterlogging or transient floodingseverely reduce maize production. However, genotypes with tolerance or even resistanceto hypoxia develop morphological and biochemical adaptation mechanisms which mayprove to be useful criteria for the selection and breeding of...

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Main Authors: JORGE LUIS ROMERO FERRER, PAULO CÉSAR MAGALHÃES, JOSÉ DONIZETI ALVES, CARLOS ALBERTO VASCONCELLOS, NELSON DELÚ FILHO, DANIELA DEITOS FRIES, MARCELO MURAD MAGALHÃES, ANTÔNIO ÁLVARO CORSETTI PURCINO
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Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Milho e Sorgo 2005-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Milho e Sorgo
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Online Access:http://rbms.cnpms.embrapa.br/index.php/ojs/article/view/158/158