Role of Polyamines in Plant Abiotic Stress Responses

Handbook of Plant and Crop Physiology, Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 369-388

  Gupta, Bhaskar ^a   Gupta, Kamala ^a   Huang, Bingru ^b  

^a PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/b16675-24     Document Type: Chapter

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