Challenges in breeding for yield increase for drought

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 289-293

  Sinclair, Thomas R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; BREEDING; CROP; DROUGHT; GENOTYPE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SOYBEAN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; BREEDING; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DROUGHTS; GENOTYPE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHENOTYPE; SOYBEANS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79958064977     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2011.02.008     Document Type: Review

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