Genetic contributions to agricultural sustainability

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1491, 2008, Pages 591-609

  Dennis, Elizabeth S ^a   Ellis, Jeffrey ^a   Green, Allan ^a   Llewellyn, Danny ^a   Morell, Matthew ^a   Tabe, Linda ^a   Peacock, W J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genomics; Human nutrition; Plant breeding; Sustainable production; Transgenics

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROP IMPROVEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOMICS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LIFE CYCLE; SELECTIVE BREEDING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; CATERING SERVICE; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD HANDLING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITION; REVIEW; STANDARD; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FOOD SUPPLY; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HUMANS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 40949129081     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2172     Document Type: Article

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