Brassinosteroid: a biotechnological target for enhancing crop yield and stress tolerance

New Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 131-136

  Divi, Uday K ^a   Krishna, Priti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; CROPS; PRODUCTIVITY; SEED; STEROID HORMONES;

AGRONOMIC TRAITS; BRASSINOSTEROIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENETIC MANIPULATIONS; NATURALLY OCCURRING; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; PLANT METABOLISM; STEROIDAL COMPOUNDS;

YIELD STRESS;

BRASSINOSTEROID;

AGRONOMIC TRAIT; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLOWERING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SYNTHESIS; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HARVEST; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 71749097357     PISSN: 18716784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2009.07.006     Document Type: Review

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