Abiotic stress and control of grain number in cereals

Plant Science

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 331-341

  Dolferus, Rudy ^a   Ji, Xuemei ^a   Richards, Richard A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Cereal; Grain number; Pollen; Sterility

Indexed keywords

PHYTOHORMONE;

ADAPTATION; CEREAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CEREALS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 80052328614     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2011.05.015     Document Type: Review

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