Bioengineering nitrogen acquisition in rice: Can novel initiatives in rice genomics and physiology contribute to global food security?

BioEssays

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 683-692

  Britto, Dev T ^a   Kronzucker, Herbert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENGINEERING; BREEDING METHOD; FERTILIZATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; HUNGER; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT BREEDING; POPULATION GROWTH; PRODUCTIVITY; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; REVIEW; RICE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FOOD SUPPLY; GENOTYPE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; ORYZA SATIVA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SALTS; TRITICUM;

EID: 2942584990     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20040     Document Type: Review

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