Glycine betaine accumulation: Its role in stress resistance in crop plants

Handbook of Plant and Crop Physiology, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 881-908

  Subbarao, G V ^a,c   Levine, Lanfang He ^a   Stutte, Gray W ^a   Wheeler, Raymond M ^b  

^a DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

^b KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

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