Salinity and drought tolerance of mannitol-accumulating transgenic tobacco

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 609-616

  Karakas, B ^a   Ozias Akins, P ^b   Stushnoff, C ^c   Suefferheld, M ^c   Rieger, M ^a   Herbst, Mathias ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

drought tolerance; genetic engineering; mannitol; Nicotiana tabacum L. cv. Wisconsin 31; osmotic adjustment; plant sciences; polyols; salt tolerance; tobacco

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT TOLERANCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MANNITOL-1-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE GENE; SALINITY TOLERANCE; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA TABACUM; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 0030807647     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.1997.00132.x     Document Type: Article

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