Drought tolerance improvement in crop plants: An integrated view from breeding to genomics

Field Crops Research - Tập 105 Số 1-2 - Trang 1-14 - 2008
Luigi Cattivelli1,2, Fulvia Rizza2, Franz‐W. Badeck3, Elisabetta Mazzucotelli1, Anna Maria Mastrangelo1, Enrico Francia2, Caterina Marè2, Alessandro Tondelli2, A. M. Stanca2
1CRA Cereal Research Centre, S.S.16 Km 675, 71100 Foggia, Italy
2CRA Genomic Research Centre, Via S. Protaso 302, 29017, Fiorenzuola d’Arda (PC), Italy
3Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, PF 60 12 03, 14412 Potsdam, Germany

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