Sustaining and enhancing crop productivity in an era of climate change

Current Science

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 462-473

  Parida, Ajay ^a   George, Suja ^a  

^a M S SWAMINATHAN RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Crop productivity; Extremophiles; Omics; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940743679     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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