From ozone depletion to agriculture: Understanding the role of UV radiation in sustainable crop production

New Phytologist

Volumn 197, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1058-1076

  Wargent, Jason J ^a   Jordan, Brian R ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Climate change; Environmental stress; Ozone depletion; Ultraviolet radiation; UV B; UVR8

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; OZONE DEPLETION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

AGRICULTURE; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; OZONE DEPLETION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; OZONE DEPLETION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84873270238     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12132     Document Type: Review

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