Taming abiotic stresses in plants through genetic engineering: Current strategies and perspective

Plant Science

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 101-111

  Grover, Anil ^a   Sahi, Chandan ^a   Sanan, Neeti ^a   Grover, Anita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Abiotic stresses; Genetic engineering; Stress responsive genes; Transgenics

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; REGULATOR GENE; SODIUM BALANCE; STRESS; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TRANSGENE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0033532351     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(99)00025-4     Document Type: Article

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