Improving low- temperature tolerance in plants

Model Plants and Crop Improvement

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 247-290

  Aalto, Markku K ^a   Heino, Pekka ^b   Tapio Palva, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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DOI: 10.1201/9780849330636     Document Type: Chapter

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