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This thesis is submitted together with the enclosed four articles in partial fulfilment of the requirement of the Ph.D. degree at The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (KVL), Copenhagen, Denmark Supervisors: Associate Professor, Dr Christian R. Jensen Senior Scientist, Mathias N. Andersen Date of defence: August 20, 2004
Acknowledgements I am indebted to my Ph.D. supervisors, Associate Professor, Dr Christian R. Jensen and Senior Scientist, Mathias N. Andersen for their friendly guidance, constructive criticisms, kindness and manifold support during all stages of my study. My sincere thank goes to Associate Professor Søren Hansen, the group-leader of the Laboratory for Agrohydrology and Bioclimatology, for reading the thesis as the chairman of the Assessment Committee. I am grateful to Professor, Dr Bill Davies, Department of Biological Sciences, Lancaster University, UK and Senior Scientist, Dr Bernd Wollenweber, Department of Plant Biology, Research Centre Flakkbjerg, Denmark for reading the thesis as examiners and for their constructive comments. I highly acknowledge Dr Tommy Carter, North Carolina State University, USDA, ARS, for supplying the soybean seeds and Dr Steven Quarrie, John Innes Centre, UK, for providing us with the antibody to ABA. My thanks also go to Mrs Britta Skov, Mrs Lene Korsholm Jørgensen, Mr Jørgen Hansen Thage, Mr Jens E. Christensen, Department of Agricultural Sciences, KVL, for their technical assistance during the experiments. Finally, I wish to express my special appreciation to my wife, Junying Mo, for her love, spiritual support and her patience in taking care of our daughter, Xiyue. I
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