Improved performance of transgenic fructan-accumulating tobacco under drought stress

Plant Physiology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 125-130

  Pilon Smits, Elizabeth A H ^a,c   Ebskamp, Michel J M ^a   Paul, Matthew J ^b   Jeuken, Marieke J W ^a   Weisbeek, Peter J ^a   Smeekens, Sjef C M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c 111 Koshland Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0029167256     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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