Osmolyte accumulation: Can it really help increase crop yield under drought conditions?

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 333-341

  Serraj, R ^a   Sinclair, T R ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop growth; Drought stress; Osmotic adjustment

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; DROUGHT; OSMOSIS;

EID: 0036176182     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2002.00754.x     Document Type: Article

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