Agricultural biotechnology in India: Prospects and challenges

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 319-328

  Tuli, Rakesh ^a   Sawant, Samir Vishwanath ^a   Trivedi, Prabodh Kumar ^a   Singh, Pradhyumna Kumar ^a   Nath, Pravendra ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress tolerance; Agribiotechnology; Biotic stress tolerance; Crop improvement; GMO; India; Transgenic crop plants

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC STRESS; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTIC STRESS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PEST; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVAR; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INDIA; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GENOME; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSGENIC CROP;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DROUGHTS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKERS; INDIA; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 64549135902     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.200800329     Document Type: Article

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