Polyamines and abiotic stress in plants: A complex relationship

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Minocha, Rakesh ^a   Majumdar, Rajtilak ^b   Minocha, Subhash C ^c  

^a USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine; Biochemical markers; Gamma aminobutyric acid; Glutamate; Ornithine; Proline; Reactive oxygen species; Stress priming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901014330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00175     Document Type: Review

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