Physiological and Molecular Insights to Drought Responsiveness in Erianthus spp.

Sugar Tech

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 121-129

  Augustine, Sruthy Maria ^a   Syamaladevi, Divya P ^a   Premachandran, M N ^a   Ravichandran, V ^b   Subramonian, N ^a  

^a SUGARCANE BREEDING INSTITUTE   (India)

^b TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cell membrane stability; DREB2; Drought tolerance; Erianthus; Expansin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896590089     PISSN: 09721525     EISSN: 09740740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12355-014-0312-7     Document Type: Article

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