Understanding and improving salt tolerance in plants

Crop Science

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 437-448

  Chinnusamy, Viswanathan ^a   Jagendorf, André ^b   Zhu, Jian Kang ^c  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 14844342962     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2005.0437     Document Type: Conference Paper

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