Hormonal and metabolic regulation of source-sink relations under salinity and drought: From plant survival to crop yield stability

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 12-30

  Albacete, Alfonso A ^a   Martínez Andújar, Cristina ^a   Pérez Alfocea, Francisco ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assimilate transport; Biomass partitioning; Cytokinins; Fruit grain filling; Gibberellins; Hormonal signaling; Invertases; Leaf senescence; Stay green; Sucrose and starch metabolism

Indexed keywords

CYTOKININ; GIBBERELLIN; PHYTOHORMONE; STARCH; SUCROSE;

ASSIMILATE TRANSPORT; BIOMASS PARTITIONING; CROP; DROUGHT; FRUIT/GRAIN FILLING; HORMONAL SIGNALING; INVERTASES; LEAF SENESCENCE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SALINITY; STAY GREEN; SUCROSE AND STARCH METABOLISM;

ASSIMILATE TRANSPORT; BIOMASS PARTITIONING; CYTOKININS; FRUIT/GRAIN FILLING; GIBBERELLINS; HORMONAL SIGNALING; INVERTASES; LEAF SENESCENCE; STAY GREEN; SUCROSE AND STARCH METABOLISM;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DROUGHTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; SALINITY; STARCH; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SUCROSE;

EID: 84895067948     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2013.10.005     Document Type: Review

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