An illustrated gardener's guide to transgenic Arabidopsis field experiments

New Phytologist

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 545-555

  Frenkel, Martin ^a   Johansson Jänkänpää, Hanna ^a   Moen, Jon ^a   Jansson, Stefan ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Field experiments; Fitness; Herbivory; Transgenic lines; Variation

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELDWORK; FITNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HERBIVORY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENETIC RESEARCH; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RESEARCH DESIGN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 52649121927     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02591.x     Document Type: Article

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