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Fine-Tuning Plant Growth in the Face of Drought

Author(s) -

Kathleen L. Farquharson

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

the plant cell

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324

H-Index - 341

eISSN - 1532-298X

pISSN - 1040-4651

DOI - 10.1105/tpc.17.00038

Subject(s) - biology , transpiration , limiting , division (mathematics) , plant growth , shoot , drought stress , face (sociological concept) , cell division , agronomy , drought tolerance , botany , cell , mathematics , photosynthesis , mechanical engineering , social science , arithmetic , genetics , sociology , engineering

Limiting shoot growth is an important survival strategy for plants during times of drought; smaller leaves mean that less water is lost through transpiration and more is retained in the soil. As drought stress restricts both cell division and expansion—processes that rely on specialized

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