Molecular and environmental factors determining grain quality in rice

Food and Energy Security

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-132

  Chen, Yi ^a   Wang, Mei ^a,b   Ouwerkerk, Pieter B F ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environment; Genetic; Grain; Molecular; Quality; Rice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882239825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20483694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fes3.11     Document Type: Review

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