Calcium: A Central Regulator of Plant Growth and ...
Today no one questions the assertion that Ca 2+ is a crucial regulator of growth and development in plants. The myriad processes in which this ion participates is large and growing and involves nearly all aspects of plant development (recent reviews in Harper et al., 2004; Hetherington and Brownlee, 2004; Hirschi, 2004; Reddy and Reddy, 2004; Bothwell and Ng, 2005).