Author(s)

Diwen Fan

The Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.

Global warming brings a series of problems, including the worsening of drought stress worldwide. This paper aims to find optimal Calcium-using strategies in realistic events of drought stress. Maize seedlings were grown in solutions with differing Ca²⁺ concentrations, and PEG6000 was used to simulate drought stress. Several physiological indexes were measured to determine the effect of Calcium ions on maize seedlings under drought stress. Results show that a calcium concentration of 10 mM yields best results under both normal and drought conditions, but the lower calcium concentration of 2 mM may be more favorable in short-term drought stress situations.

Maize Seedlings, Drought Stress, Calcium-Using Strategies

Fan, D. (2019) The Effect of Calcium to Maize Seedlings under Drought Stress. American Journal of Plant Sciences, 10, 1391-1396. doi: 10.4236/ajps.2019.108099.