Vegetative desiccation tolerance: Is it a goldmine for bioengineering crops?

Plant Science

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-199

  Toldi, Ottó ^a   Tuba, Zoltán ^a   Scott, Peter ^b  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ABA; Glutathione (GSH); Homoiochlorophyll; Poikilochlorophyll; Raffinose family oligosaccharides (RFOs); Resurrection plants

Indexed keywords

MIMOSA; SELAGINELLA PILIFERA;

EID: 57749178621     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2008.10.002     Document Type: Review

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