Molecular genetic improvement of salt tolerance in plants

Biotechnology Annual Review

Volumn 3, Issue C, 1997, Pages 245-267

  Jain, Ravinder K ^a   Selvaraj, Gopalan ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

abiotic stress; adaptation; agriculture; crop improvement; drought; genetic engineering; irrigation; metabolic engineering; metabolic response; osmolyte; osmotic stress; protein; salinity; soil; stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000237972     PISSN: 13872656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1387-2656(08)70036-X     Document Type: Article

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