Methyl jasmonate triggers loss of grain yield under drought stress

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 348-349

  Kim, Eun Hye ^a   Park, Su Hyun ^a   Kim, Ju Kon ^a  

^a Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Drought; Grain yield; Methyl jasmonate; Spikelet; Transgenic rice

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 64949147168     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.4.4.8199     Document Type: Article

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