Developing stress tolerant plants through in vitro selection-An overview of the recent progress

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-98

  Rai, Manoj K ^a   Kalia, Rajwant K ^a,b   Singh, Rohtas ^a   Gangola, Manu P ^a,c   Dhawan, A K ^a  

^a CCS HARYANA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Antioxidative enzymes; Disease resistance; Osmotic adjustment; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOTIC FACTOR; CROP PRODUCTION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENETIC VARIATION; OSMOSIS; OXYGEN; PRODUCTIVITY; TOLERANCE;

EID: 78650550177     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2010.10.021     Document Type: Article

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