Markedly different gene expression in wheat grown with organic or inorganic fertilizer

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1575, 2005, Pages 1901-1908

  Lu, Chungui ^a,b   Hawkesford, Malcolm J ^a   Barraclough, Peter B ^a   Poulton, Paul R ^a   Wilson, Ian D ^b   Barker, Gary L ^b   Edwards, Keith J ^b  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microarrays; Nitrogen; Organic farming; Transcriptomics; Wheat

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; ORGANIC FERTILIZER;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSPERM; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 26244467278     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3161     Document Type: Article

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