Trade-offs in plants and the prospects for breeding using modern biotechnology

New Phytologist

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-9

  Weih, Martin ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breeding; Evolution; Functional genomics; Growth rate; Stress resistance; Trade off

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037382542     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00716.x     Document Type: Letter

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