From laboratory to field. Using information from Arabidopsis to engineer salt, cold, and drought tolerance in crops

Plant Physiology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 615-621

  Zhang, James Z ^a   Creelman, Robert A ^a   Zhu, Jian Kang ^b  

^a Mendel Biotechnology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 3042595719     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.104.040295     Document Type: Review

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