Cytokinin cross-talking during biotic and abiotic stress responses

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  O'Brien, José A ^a,b   Benková, Eva ^a,b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Cytokinin; Hormonal crosstalk; Salicylic acid; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899954800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00451     Document Type: Review

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