Narrowing down the targets: Towards successful genetic engineering of drought-tolerant crops

Molecular Plant

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 469-490

  Yang, Shujun ^a   Vanderbeld, Barbara ^a   Wan, Jiangxin ^a   Huang, Yafan ^a  

^a Performance Plants Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Crop yield potential; Drought tolerance; Field trials; Gene expression; Genetic engineering

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 77952995692     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssq016     Document Type: Review

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