The drier the region, the fewer seminal roots the maize varieties cultivated there had on average (black figure; the pie chart shows the proportion of varieties with up to one seminal root in yellow, ...

Fig.1 Structural equation model between soil water content (SWC), soil temperature (ST), root length (RL), canopy cover (CC), leaf stay-greenness (SG), chlorophyll content (SPAD), photosynthetic rate ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Sugar-depleted excised maize (Zea mays L.) root tips were used to study the kinetics and the specificity of hexose uptake. It was found that ...

Hexachloroiridate IV, a new artificial electron acceptor for the constitutive plant plasma membrane redox system has been investigated. It appeared not to permeate through biological membranes. Due to ...

Maize can grow successfully in very different local conditions. An international study headed by the University of Bonn has now demonstrated the important role of the plant root system. The ...