Advances in physiological and molecular aspects of plant cold tolerance

Journal of Plant Interactions

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 143-157

  Rihan, Hail Z ^a   Al Issawi, Mohammed ^b   Fuller, Michael P ^c  

^a DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANBAR   (Iraq)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ABA; CBF DREB; Cold tolerance; COR genes; Infrared thermography

Indexed keywords

EID: 85035130394     PISSN: 17429145     EISSN: 17429153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17429145.2017.1308568     Document Type: Article

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