Analysis of seaweed extract-induced transcriptome leads to identification of a negative regulator of salt tolerance in Arabidopsis

HortScience

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 704-709

  Jithesh, Mundaya N ^a   Wally, Owen S D ^a   Manfield, Iain ^b   Critchley, Alan T ^c   Hiltz, David ^c   Prithiviraj, Balakrishnan ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Acadian Seaplants Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Ascophyllum nodosum; Pectin methylesterase inhibitor; Salt tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862608906     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.47.6.704     Document Type: Article

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