Abscisic acid and abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 7, Issue MAY2016, 2016, Pages

  Sah, Saroj K ^a   Reddy, Kambham R ^b   Li, Jiaxu ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ABA signaling; Abiotic stress; Abscisic acid; Gene expression; Phytohormone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84966372548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00571     Document Type: Review

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