Increased Chilling Tolerance Following Transfer of a betA Gene Enhancing Glycinebetaine Synthesis in Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1158-1171

  Zhang, Kewei ^a,b   Wang, Juan ^a,b   Lian, Lijun ^a,b   Fan, Wenju ^a,b   Guo, Ning ^a,b   Lv, Sulian ^a,b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Chilling stress; Glycinebetaine; Photosynthesis; Transgenic cotton

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GOSSYPIUM; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 84865428736     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-012-0433-7     Document Type: Article

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