Transgenic crops for abiotic stress tolerance

Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Markers

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 346-365

  Tayal, Deepti ^a,b   Srivastava, P S ^b   Bansal, K C ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

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EID: 84900181841     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3213-7_22     Document Type: Chapter

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