Chemical Priming of Plants Against Multiple Abiotic Stresses: Mission Possible?

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 329-340

  Savvides, Andreas ^a,b   Ali, Shawkat ^c   Tester, Mark ^c   Fotopoulos, Vasileios ^a  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b Agrisearch Innovations Ltd   (Cyprus)

^c KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

melatonin; polyamines; reactive species; stress tolerance; systemic resistance

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MELATONIN; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; POLYAMINE; SODIUM BISULFIDE; SULFIDE;

CHEMICAL STIMULATION; CROP; DRUG EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MELATONIN; NITROPRUSSIDE; POLYAMINES; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SULFIDES;

EID: 84950247411     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2015.11.003     Document Type: Review

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