The molecular basis of dehydration tolerance in plants

Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 377-403

  Ingram, J ^a   Bartels, D ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

ABA responsiveness; Dehydration stress; Desiccation tolerance; Late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins; Osmolytes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001319976     PISSN: 10402519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.47.1.377     Document Type: Article

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