Expression of a Vacuolar Na+/H+ Antiporter Gene of Alfalfa Enhances Salinity Tolerance in Transgenic Arabidopsis

Acta Agronomica Sinica

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 557-564

  AN, Bao Yan ^a,b   LUO, Yan ^a   LI, Jia Rui ^b   QIAO, Wei Hua ^c   ZHANG, Xian Sheng ^a   GAO, Xin Qi ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

alfalfa; Arabidopsis; Na+ H+ antiporter gene; salt tolerance

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 53549123014     PISSN: 18752780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1875-2780(08)60022-X     Document Type: Article

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