Auxin protects spikelet fertility and grain yield under drought and heat stresses in rice

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 150, Issue , 2018, Pages 9-24

  Sharma, Laxmi ^a,b   Dalal, Monika ^c   Verma, Rakesh K ^a   Kumar, Santosh V V ^a   Yadav, Shashank K ^a   Pushkar, Suchitra ^a   Kushwaha, Sita Ram ^a   Bhowmik, Arpan ^d   Chinnusamy, Viswanathan ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR JUTE AND ALLIED FIBRES   (India)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE ON PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d ICAR INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

AUXIN RESPONSE FACTORS; Auxin signalling; Chlorophyll; Endogenous auxin; Indole 3 acetic acid; Pollen viability; ROS; TRANSPORT INHIBITOR RESPONSE1; YUCCA

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CHLOROPHYLL; CROP YIELD; DROUGHT STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INHIBITION; INHIBITOR; MEMBRANE; OXIDATION; PALYNOLOGY; PHYTOHORMONE; RICE; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

EID: 85042945768     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2018.02.013     Document Type: Article

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