Recent progress in drought and salt tolerance studies in Brassica crops

Breeding Science

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 60-73

  Zhang, Xuekun ^a   Lu, Guangyuan ^a   Long, Weihua ^a,b   Zou, Xiling ^a   Li, Feng ^a   Nishio, Takeshi ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brassica; Drought; Genetic study; Salinity; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902249485     PISSN: 13447610     EISSN: 13473735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.64.60     Document Type: Review

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