Polyamines in Developing Stress-Resistant Crops

Improving Crop Resistance to Abiotic Stress

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 623-635

  Marco, Francisco ^a   Alcázar, Rubén ^b   Altabella, Teresa ^c   Tiburcio, Antonio F ^c   Carrasco, Pedro ^a   Gill, Sarvajeet Singh ^d,e,f   Tuteja, Narendra ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^f MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Abiotic stresses; Catabolism; Polyamines; Putrescine; Signaling; Spermidine; Spermine; Stress tolerance; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885826745     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527632930.ch27     Document Type: Chapter

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