A preliminary study on genotypic differences in transcript abundance of drought-responsive genes in sugar beet

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 3599-3605

  Rajabi, Abazar ^a   Ranji, Zabihallah ^a   Griffiths, Howard ^b   Ober, Eric S ^c  

^a Agricultural Research Education & Extension Organization Iran   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Broom's Barn Research Station   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drought tolerance; Gene expression; Sugar beet

Indexed keywords

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS;

EID: 36049020323     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.3599.3605     Document Type: Article

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