Does engineering abscisic acid biosynthesis in Nicotiana plumbaginifolia modify stomatal response to drought?

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 477-489

  Borel, C ^a   Frey, A ^b   Marion Poll, A ^b   Tardieu, F ^a   Simonneau, Thierry ^a  

^a UMR 759 LEPSE   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Drought; Nicotiana plumbaginifolia; Stomatal conductance; Xylem sap pH

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; CULTURE VESSEL; DROUGHT STRESS; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC REGULATION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MUTANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT RESPONSE; STOMA; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WATER POTENTIAL; WILD RELATIVE; XYLEM;

NICOTIANA PLUMBAGINIFOLIA;

EID: 0035036479     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2001.00698.x     Document Type: Article

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