Characterization of a midwinter-expressed dehydrin (DHN) gene from apple trees (Malus domestica)

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 476-487

  Garcia Bañuelos, Monica L ^a   Gardea, Alfonso A ^a   Winzerling, Joy J ^b   Vazquez Moreno, Luz ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ALIMENTACIÓN Y DESARROLLO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold hardiness; Dormancy; Freezing tolerance; Malus domestica; Mddhn

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA; PRUNUS DULCIS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 70350349393     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-009-0110-7     Document Type: Article

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