Heat tolerance in plants: An overview

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 199-223

  Wahid, A ^a   Gelani, S ^a   Ashraf, M ^a   Foolad, M R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat shock proteins; Heat stress; Heat tolerance; High temperature; Molecular breeding; Stress response; Thermotolerance; Tolerance mechanism; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CROP PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMINATION; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PROTEIN; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 34848843547     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2007.05.011     Document Type: Review

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