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International Journal of Agronomy
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 632026, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/632026
Responses of Jatropha curcas to Salt and Drought Stresses
1Texas AgriLife Research Center at El Paso, The Texas A&M University System, 1380 A&M Circle, El Paso, TX 79927, USA
2El Paso Community College, Research Initiative for Science Enhancement Program, P.O. BOX 20500, El Paso, TX 79938, USA
3Texas AgriLife Research Center at Weslaco, Texas A&M University System, 2415 E. Highway 83, Weslaco, TX 78596, USA
Received 29 February 2012; Accepted 8 May 2012
Academic Editor: Ravindra N. Chibbar
Copyright © 2012 Genhua Niu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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