Using biotechnology to improve resistance to environmental stress in fruit crops: The importance of understanding physiology

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 738, Issue , 2007, Pages 145-156

  Wisniewski, M ^a   Bassett, C ^a   Norelli, John L ^a   Artlip, T ^a   Renaut, J ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Apple; Cold acclimation; Freezing stress; Malus x domestica; Oxidative stress; Peach; Prunus persica; Salt stress; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 45249111422     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2007.738.12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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