Increasing photosynthetic carbon assimilation in C3 plants to improve crop yield: Current and future strategies

Plant Physiology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-42

  Raines, Christine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78650978688     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.168559     Document Type: Article

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