Enhancement of drought resistance and biomass by increasing the amount of glycine betaine in wheat seedlings

Euphytica

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 151-167

  He, Chunmei ^a,b   Zhang, Weiwei ^a   Gao, Qiang ^a   Yang, Aifang ^a   Hu, Xiaorui ^a   Zhang, Juren ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG PEANUT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Drought stress; Glycine betaine; Transgene; Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RHIZOBIUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 78649984638     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-010-0263-3     Document Type: Review

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