Recent advances in engineering plant tolerance to abiotic stress: Achievements and limitations

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-132

  Vinocur, Basia ^a   Altman, Arie ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DROUGHT; FITS AND TOLERANCES; GENES; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

MOLECULAR NETWORKS; PLANT ADAPTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS PERCEPTION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AMINE; AMINO ACID; CHAPERONE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUGAR; SUGAR ALCOHOL;

CROP; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLOMICS; NONHUMAN; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SALT TOLERANCE; STRESS;

DROUGHT; FARM CROPS; GENES; METABOLISM; PERCEPTION; PLANTS; SALINITY;

EID: 17044385046     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2005.02.001     Document Type: Review

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