Genetics, Genomics and Metabolomics

Annual Plant Reviews Volume 43: Biology of Plant Metabolomics

Volumn 43, Issue , 2011, Pages 219-259

  Fernie, Alisdair R ^a   Keurentjes, Joost J B ^b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRE FOR BIOSYSTEMS GENOMICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Association mapping; Genome sequence; Metabolomics; Primary metabolism; Quantitative trait loci; Secondary metabolism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865149245     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444339956.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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