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Expression of a cold-responsive Lt-Cor gene and development of freezing tolerance during cold acclimation in wheat

R Ohno1, S Takumi, C Nakamura

  • 1Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kobe University, 1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.

Journal of Experimental Botany
|November 16, 2001
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