Waterproofing crops: Effective flooding survival strategies

Plant Physiology

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1698-1709

  Bailey Serres, Julia ^a   Lee, Seung Cho ^a   Brinton, Erin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84870842754     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.208173     Document Type: Article

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