Prospects for Using Genetic Modification to Engineer Drought Tolerance in Crops

Plant Biotechnology: Current and Future Applications of Genetically Modified Crops

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 193-205

  Mundree, S G ^a   Iyer, R ^a   Baker, B ^a   Conrad, N ^a   Davis, E J ^a   Govender, K ^a   Maredza, A T ^a   Thomson, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

A. tumefaciens mediated transformation technology; Cell membrane integrity; Gene delivery by microparticle bombardment; Genetic engineering and ground breaking agricultural research; Genetic modification in engineering crop drought tolerance; Identifying stress responsive genes; Ion homeostasis; Raffinose family oligosaccharides (RFOs); Recombinant DNA technology or genetic engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 78249280071     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470021837.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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