Plant growth and development under salinity stress

Advances in Molecular Breeding Toward Drought and Salt Tolerant Crops

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-32

  Lauchli A ^a   Grattan, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

boron; crop; development; ionic; osmotic; reproductive growth; salinity stress; Vegetative growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900760044     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5578-2_1     Document Type: Chapter

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