Ethylene and plant responses to stress

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 620-630

  Morgan, Page W ^a   Drew, Malcolm C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ACC oxidase; ACC synthase; Chilling; Drought; Heat; Hypoxia; Mechanical impedance; Ozone; Perception; Salt; Signal transduction; Wounding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030803093     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.1000325.x     Document Type: Article

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