CgDREBa transgenic chrysanthemum confers drought and salinity tolerance

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 255-260

  Chen, Sumei ^a   Cui, Xinli ^a   Chen, Yu ^a   Gu, Chunsun ^a   Miao, Hengbin ^a   Gao, Haishun ^a   Chen, Fadi ^a   Liu, Zhaolei ^a   Guan, Zhiyong ^a   Fang, Weimin ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CgDREBa; Drought tolerance; Salinity tolerance; Transgenic chrysanthemum

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT; GROUND COVER; OSMOSIS; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SURVIVAL; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CHRYSANTHEMUM;

EID: 80054018493     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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