Pyramiding genes for enhancing tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses

Molecular Techniques in Crop Improvement: 2nd Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 163-184

  Raveendran, Muthurajan ^a   Balasubramanian, Ponnuswami ^a  

^a TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2967-6_7     Document Type: Chapter

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