Screening a diverse collection of Artemisia annua germplasm accessions for the antimalarial compound, artemisinin

Plant Genetic Resources: Characterisation and Utilisation

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 152-154

  Cockram, James ^a   Hill, Colin ^b   Burns, Corrinne ^c   Arroo, Randoph R J ^c   Woolley, Jack G ^c   Flockart, Ian ^d   Robinson, Trevor ^e   Atkinson, Christopher J ^f   Davies, Michael J ^f   Dungey, Nigel ^g   Greenland, Andy J ^a   Smith, Lydia L M J ^a   Bentley, Steven ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL BOTANY   (United Kingdom)

^b Extraction Technology Developments Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Botanical Developments Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e Witham St Hughes   (United Kingdom)

^f EAST MALLING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^g Pharma Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chemovar; plant pre breeding; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA ANNUA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84863905764     PISSN: 14792621     EISSN: 1479263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1479262112000159     Document Type: Article

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