Concepts in plant stress physiology. Application to plant tissue cultures

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 263-285

  Gaspar, T ^a   Franck, T ^a   Bisbis, B ^a   Kevers, C ^a   Jouve, L ^b   Hausman, J F ^b   Dommes, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Adaptation; Hyperhydricity; Plant cancerous state; Plant resistance; Plant stress; Plant tissue cultures; Reactive oxygen species; Somaclonal variation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS; TISSUE CULTURE;

PLANT TISSUE CULTURE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EID: 0036662285     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020835304842     Document Type: Article

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