Crop improvement in the 21st century

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 51, Issue 342, 2000, Pages 1-8

  Miflin, Ben ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genomics; Marker technology; Phenotype gap; Plant genome; Trait analysis phenocentric

Indexed keywords

CROP IMPROVEMENT; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; GENETIC MARKER; PHENOTYPE; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENOME; RECOMBINANT DNA;

EID: 0033984973     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/51.342.1     Document Type: Article

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