Advances in Drought Tolerance in Plants

Advances in Agronomy

Volumn 56, Issue C, 1996, Pages 187-218

  Boyer, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 0005651380     PISSN: 00652113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2113(08)60182-0     Document Type: Chapter

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