Browsing Research Articles (Plant Production and Soil Science) by UP Author "Du Plessis, Magdeleen"

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Cysteine protease and cystatin expression and activity during soybean nodule development and senescence

Van Wyk, Stefan George; Du Plessis, Magdeleen; Cullis, C.A. (Christoper Ashley); Kunert, Karl J.; Vorster, Barend Juan (BioMed Central, 2014)

BACKGROUND : Nodules play an important role in fixing atmospheric nitrogen for soybean growth. Premature senescence of nodules can negatively impact on nitrogen availability for plant growth and, as such, we need a better ...
Screening for drought tolerance of maize hybrids by multi-scale analysis of root and shoot traits at the seedling stage

Avramova, Viktoriya; Nagel, Kerstin A.; AbdElgawad, Hamada; Bustos, Dolores; Du Plessis, Magdeleen; Fiorani, Fabio; Beemster, Gerrit T.S. (Oxford University Press, 2016-04)

We studied the drought response of eight commercial hybrid maize lines with contrasting drought sensitivity together with the reference inbred line B73 using a non-invasive platform for root and shoot phenotyping and a ...

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