A putative poplar PP2C-encoding gene negatively regulates drought and abscisic acid responses in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 531-543

  Arshad, Muhammad ^a   Mattsson, Jim ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Arabidopsis thaliana; Drought tolerance; Poplar; PP2CA

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SIGNAL ENCODING;

ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; DROUGHT TOLERANCES; POPLAR; PP2CA;

DROUGHT;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; POPULUS;

EID: 84896402300     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-013-0969-7     Document Type: Article

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