Claim · model-written summary
Drought inhibited maize growth.
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e0“Drought stress inhibited the plant growth.”
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Title
[Effects of water deficit at seedling stage on maize root development and anatomical structure].
Xu-feng Ma; Tao Yu; Li-hong Wang; et al. PubMed 2010
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Intervention effect Increasing drought reduced root length, diameter and total biomass.
- Intervention effect Increasing drought increased root vigor, root/shoot ratio and root apex polysaccharide content.
- Intervention effect Moderate water deficit maximized branch root hair length, density and total root hair length.
- Mechanism Root diameter decreased mainly because central cylinder area and vessel diameter decreased.
- Intervention effect Root vessel number did not differ significantly among treatments.
- Intervention effect Root vessel walls became irregular under water deficit.
- Observation Root apex polysaccharide increases occurred mainly in epidermal and pileorhiza cells.
- Observation Polysaccharide was mainly dissociated in epidermis cells.
- Observation Polysaccharide was mainly starch grains in pileorhiza cells.
- Mechanism Root adjustments under water deficit were interpreted as enhancing water absorption and drought resistance.
- Intervention effect Severe drought inhibited or damaged root hair growth.