Polyamines: Osmoprotectants in plant abiotic stress adaptation

Osmolytes and Plants Acclimation to Changing Environment: Emerging Omics Technologies

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 97-127

  Sengupta, Atreyee ^a   Chakraborty, Mayukh ^a   Saha, Jayita ^a   Gupta, Bhaskar ^a,b   Gupta, Kamala ^a,b  

^a PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Government General Degree College Singur   (India)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-2616-1_7     Document Type: Chapter

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