Stabilization of yield in plant genotype mixtures through compensation rather than complementation

Annals of Botany

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1439-1447

  Creissen, Henry E ^a,b   Jorgensen, Tove H ^b,c   Brown, James K M ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Compensation; Experimental ecology; Genotype mixtures; Model to crop translational research; Plant competition; Resistance to environmental stress; Variety mixtures; Yield stability.

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CROP YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MONOCULTURE; NUTRIENT USE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT COMMUNITY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOMASS; COMPENSATION; EXPERIMENTAL ECOLOGY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE MIXTURES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MODEL-TO-CROP TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; PLANT COMPETITION; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RESISTANCE TO ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; VARIETY MIXTURES; YIELD STABILITY;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; COMPENSATION; EXPERIMENTAL ECOLOGY; GENOTYPE MIXTURES; MODEL-TO-CROP TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; PLANT COMPETITION; RESISTANCE TO ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; VARIETY MIXTURES; YIELD STABILITY;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOMASS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOTYPE; PLANT ROOTS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEEDS;

EID: 84889851495     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct209     Document Type: Article

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