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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Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Milho e Sorgo
2005-12-01
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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 |