Virus-induced gene silencing and its application in characterizing genes involved in water-deficit-stress tolerance

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 165, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1404-1421

  Senthil Kumar, Muthappa ^a,b   Rame Gowda, H V ^a   Hema, Ramanna ^a,b   Mysore, Kirankumar S ^b   Udayakumar, Makarla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress tolerance; Drought; Functional genomics; Nicotiana benthamiana; Stress imposition

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT;

GENE SILENCING; PLANTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER;

NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA;

EID: 48949091659     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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