Transgenerational Inheritance in Plants of Acquired Defence Against Biotic and Abiotic Stresses: Implications and Applications

Agricultural Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 109-120

  Kumar, Sushil ^a,b   Kumari, Renu ^a,b   Sharma, Vishakha ^a,b  

^a SKA Institution for Research Education and Development (SKAIRED)   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENOME RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Adaptive inheritance; Chemical epigenetics; DNA demethylation; DNA methylation; Epigenetic inheritance; Systemic acquired resistance

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; AMINO ACIDS; DNA; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; HEAVY METALS; METABOLITES; METHYLATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SALICYLIC ACID;

ADAPTIVE INHERITANCE; DNA DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETIC INHERITANCE; EPIGENETICS; SYSTEMIC ACQUIRED RESISTANCE;

CHEMICAL RESISTANCE;

ANGIOSPERM; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; METHYLATION; STRESS RESISTANCE;

HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 85016447970     PISSN: 2249720X     EISSN: 22497218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40003-015-0170-x     Document Type: Review

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