Low-temperature stress: Implications for chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) improvement

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-219

  Croser, J S ^a   Clarke, H J ^a   Siddique, K H M ^a   Khan, T N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Chilling; Flower abortion; Freezing; Wild relatives

Indexed keywords

CICER; CICER ARIETINUM; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0037249028     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713610855     Document Type: Review

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