Water deficit stress-induced changes in higher plants and implications for global arid regions

New Plant Physiology Research

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-41

  Shao, Hong Bo ^a,b,d   Jaleel, C Abdul ^c   Ni, Fu Tai ^e   Manivannan, P ^c   Panneerselvam, R ^c  

^a BINZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^e JILIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Antioxidants; Arid region; Drought; Ecoenvironment; Enzymes; Gene; Morphology; Water use efficiency (WUE)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895300933     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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