Halophyte Improvement for a Salinized World

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 329-359

  Ruan, Cheng Jiang ^a   da Silva, Jaime A Teixeira ^b   Mopper, Susan ^c   Pei, Qin ^d   Lutts, Stanley ^e  

^a DALIAN NATIONALITIES UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Germplasm regression; Marker assisted selection (MAS); Marker trait association; Metabolic quantitative trait loci; Metabolomics; Salt tolerance assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649453047     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: 15497836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352689.2010.524517     Document Type: Review

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