Improved performance of transgenic glycinebetaine-accumulating rice plants under drought stress

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-44

  Sawahel, W ^a,b  

^a Vienna Biocenter   (Austria)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium mediated transformation; Choline oxidase gene; Oryza sativa L.

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER GLOBIFORMIS; ORYZA SATIVA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0842280698     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027372629612     Document Type: Article

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