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Plants are subjected to a variety of stresses including abnormal levels of nutrients. The essentiality of copper in the growth of higher plants was established by Sommer (1931). Copper deficiencies have been reported for many plant species growing in a variety of habitats around the world. Cereals, particularly Triticum aestivum L., are highly sensitive to copper deficiency. The symptoms of copper deficiency have been described in numerous publications, Piper (1942), Graham (1975), Gartrell et al. (1979). The loss of turgor — “wilting” — is the most common symptom (Rahimin and Bussler 1973; King 1974; Graham 1976).
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Casimiro, A. (1987). Effect of copper on water relations and growth of Triticum . In: Tenhunen, J.D., Catarino, F.M., Lange, O.L., Oechel, W.C. (eds) Plant Response to Stress. NATO ASI Series, vol 15. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70868-8_30
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