Plant hormone interactions: Innovative targets for crop breeding and management

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3499-3509

  Wilkinson, Sally ^a   Kudoyarova, Guzel R ^b   Veselov, Dmitry S ^b   Arkhipova, Tatyana N ^b   Davies, William J ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Crop breeding; Cytokinin; Drought; Ethylene; Grain filling; Hormone; Stomata; Water use; Yield

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; CYTOKININ; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; PHYTOHORMONE;

BREEDING; CROP; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

ABSCISIC ACID; BREEDING; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; CYTOKININS; ETHYLENES; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS;

EID: 84861882209     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers148     Document Type: Review

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