Seedling stage drought-induced phenotypes and drought-responsive genes in diverse cowpea genotypes

Crop Science

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 541-552

  Muchero, Wellington ^a   Ehlers, Jeffrey D ^a   Roberts, Philip A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 42449084893     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2007.07.0397     Document Type: Article

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