Potential transgenic routes to increase tree biomass

Plant Science

Volumn 212, Issue , 2013, Pages 72-101

  Dubouzet, Joseph G ^a   Strabala, Timothy J ^a   Wagner, Armin ^a  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Flowering; Multi trait engineering; Photosynthesis; Resource utilization; Stress resistance; Tree architecture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENT; FLOWERING; FORESTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MULTI-TRAIT ENGINEERING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RESOURCE UTILIZATION; STRESS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TREE; TREE ARCHITECTURE;

FLOWERING; MULTI-TRAIT ENGINEERING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESOURCE UTILIZATION; STRESS RESISTANCE; TREE ARCHITECTURE;

BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENT; FORESTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TREES;

EID: 84884187760     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2013.08.006     Document Type: Review

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