Foxtail millet: A model crop for genetic and genomic studies in bioenergy grasses

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 328-343

  Lata, Charu ^a,b   Gupta, Sarika ^a   Prasad, Manoj ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE ON PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; C4 photosynthesis; Genome sequence; Germplasm; Male sterility; Marker aided breeding; Panicoid; Setaria

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC STRESS; GENOME SEQUENCES; GERMPLASMS; MALE STERILITY; MARKER-AIDED BREEDING; PANICOID; SETARIA;

ARID REGIONS; BIOFUELS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CROPS;

ABIOTIC STRESS; AGRONOMIC TRAIT; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CROP IMPROVEMENT; DIPLOIDY; DROUGHT; ENERGY CROP; FOXTAIL MILLET; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MODEL; GENOME SIZE; GERMPLASM; INBREEDING; INTROGRESSION; NONHUMAN; PANICUM VIRGATUM; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLANT GENOME; PLANT LIFE CYCLE STAGE; PLANT STRUCTURES; POACEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALINITY; SETARIA; TRANSGENIC CROP; WILD TYPE;

BIOFUELS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENOME, PLANT; GENOMICS; SETARIA PLANT;

EID: 84879143685     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: 15497801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07388551.2012.716809     Document Type: Review

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