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Original Article

Research Advances in Mechanisms of Turfgrass Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses: From Physiology to Molecular Biology

Bingru HuangDepartment of Plant Biology and PathologyRutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey,08901, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Michelle DaCostaDepartment of Plant, Soil, and Insect ScienceUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, 01003-7245, USA
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Yiwei JiangDepartment of AgronomyPurdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47907-2054, USA
Pages 141-189 | Published online: 07 Mar 2014

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