Improving low-temperature tolerance in sugarcane by expressing the ipt gene under a cold inducible promoter

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-77

  Belintani, N G ^a   Guerzoni, J T S ^a   Moreira, R M P ^b   Vieira, L G E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

cold stress; COR15a promoter; cytokinins; Saccharum officinarum; senescence

Indexed keywords

SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM;

EID: 85027945524     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-012-0018-1     Document Type: Article

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