Prospects of halophytes in understanding and managing abiotic stress tolerance

Environmental Adaptations and Stress Tolerance of Plants in the Era of Climate Change

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 29-56

  Lokhande, Vinayak H ^a   Suprasanna, Penna ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Antioxidants; Compatible solutes; Halophytes; Phytoremediation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905487674     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0815-4_2     Document Type: Chapter

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