Genetic approaches towards overcoming water deficit in plants - Special emphasis on LEAs

Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 277-298

  Khurana, Paramjit ^a   Vishnudasan, Dalia ^a   Chhibbar, Anju K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; LEAs; Stress signaling; Transgenics; Water deficit

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449088387     PISSN: 09715894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12298-008-0026-y     Document Type: Review

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