Does the treatment of maize (Zea mays L.) caryopses with 24-epibrassinolide positively affect the tolerance of plants to drought ?

Abstract

Growth, developmental and photosynthetic parameters were measured in inbreds and hybrids of maize grown from 24-epibrassinolide-treated caryopses and subjected to water deficit

Keywords

• 24-epibrassinolide
• brassinosteroids
• development
• drought
• genotypes
• growth
• maize
• photosynthesis
• stress
• water deficit
• Zea mays