Induced mutations for enhancing salinity tolerance in rice

Advances in Molecular Breeding Toward Drought and Salt Tolerant Crops

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 413-454

  Mba, Chikelu ^a   Afza, Rownak ^a   Jain, Shri Mohan ^a,b   Gregorio, Glenn B ^c,d   Zapata Arias, Francisco Javier ^a,e  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^d AFRICA RICE CENTER AFRICARICE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^e C/o Internationa Institute of Tropicaal Agrioculture ^*  (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

in vitro breeding techniques; Induced mutation; rice; salinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856299563     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5578-2_17     Document Type: Chapter

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