Symbiogenics: An epigenetic approach to mitigating impacts of climate change on plants

HortScience

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 699-703

  Woodward, Claire ^a,b   Hansen, Lee ^c   Beckwith, Fleur ^a,b   Redman, Regina S ^a,b   Rodriguez, Rusty J ^a,b,d  

^a WESTERN FISHERIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Brigham Young University   (United States)

^d Symbiogenics   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought tolerance; Fungal endophyte; Plant microbe interaction; Salt tolerance; Stress tolerance; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862622859     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.47.6.699     Document Type: Article

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