Mitigation of drought stress damage by exogenous application of a non-protein amino acid γ-aminobutyric acid on perennial ryegrass

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 358-366

  Krishnan, Sanalkumar ^a   Laskowski, Kevin ^a   Shukla, Vijaya ^a   Merewitz, Emily B ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical priming; Drought tolerance; GABA; Lolium perenne; Turfgrass; Water stress

Indexed keywords

LOLIUM PERENNE; POACEAE;

EID: 84885044368     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.138.5.358     Document Type: Article

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