Anaerobic gene expression and flooding tolerance in maize

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 47, Issue 294, 1996, Pages 1-15

  Sachs, Martin M ^a,b   Subbaiah, Chalivendra C ^b   Saab, Imad N ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Flooding; Maize; Stress

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030039181     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/47.1.1     Document Type: Review

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