Water-deficit inducible expression of a cytokinin biosynthetic gene IPT improves drought tolerance in cotton.

Water-deficit stress is a major environmental factor that limits agricultural productivity worldwide. Recent episodes of extreme drought have severely affected cotton production in the Southwestern USA. There is a pressing need to develop cotton varieties with improved tolerance to water-deficit str...

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Main Authors: Sundaram Kuppu, Neelam Mishra, Rongbin Hu, Li Sun, Xunlu Zhu, Guoxin Shen, Eduardo Blumwald, Paxton Payton, Hong Zhang
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/5061eaaa95b34978990b2529e7da734c
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