Abiotic stress in crops: Candidate genes, osmolytes, polyamines, and biotechnological intervention

Elucidation of Abiotic Stress Signaling in Plants: Functional Genomics Perspectives, Volume 2

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 415-437

  Mattoo, Autar K ^a   Upadhyay, Rakesh K ^a,b   Rudrabhatla, Sairam ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Climate change; Environmental stress; Transcription factors; Transgenics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944519544     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2540-7_15     Document Type: Chapter

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