Developing Robust Crop Plants for Sustaining Growth and Yield Under Adverse Climatic Changes

Climate Change and Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 27-56

  Shukla, Vijaya ^a   Mattoo, Autar K ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Climate change; Drought; Genetic engineering; Osmolyte; Polyamine; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

AMINES; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; CULTIVATION; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FOOD SUPPLY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLOBAL WARMING; TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ABIOTIC STRESS; AGRICULTURE PRODUCTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENETIC MANIPULATIONS; OSMOLYTES; POLYAMINES; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

CROPS;

EID: 84987658031     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527675265.ch02     Document Type: Chapter

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