Genetic engineering of salt and drought tolerance in rice cultivars

Advances In Rice Genetics (In 2 Parts)

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 582-583

  Jacobs, M ^a   Roosens, N ^a   Hien, D T ^a   Alemany, B ^b   Montesinos, C ^b   Mulet, J M ^b   Serrano, R ^b   Guiderdoni, E ^c   Van Boxtel, J ^c   Zheng, H H ^d   Binh, L T ^e   Thu, T T ^e  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b Universidad Politécnica de Valencia   (Spain)

^c CIRAD   (France)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

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EID: 84887017570     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812814319_0222     Document Type: Chapter

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