Can the quest for drought tolerant crops avoid Arabidopsis any longer?

Journal of Crop Production

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 99-129

  Maggio, Albino ^a   Joly, Robert J ^b   Hasegawa, Paul M ^b   Bressan, Ray A ^b  

^a Natl Ctr Ener Environ/Innov T   (Italy)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene function; Gene manipulation; Water stress tolerance

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 0038241603     PISSN: 1092678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J144v07n01_04     Document Type: Review

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