We need winners in the race to increase photosynthesis in rice, whether from conventional breeding, biotechnology or both

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-21

  Long, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RICE;

GENETIC VARIATION; ORYZA SATIVA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 84897073657     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12193     Document Type: Editorial

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