A computational framework for evaluating the efficiency of Arabidopsis accessions in response to nitrogen stress reveals important metabolic mechanisms

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 3, Issue SEP, 2012, Pages

  Kleessen, Sabrina ^a   Fernie, Alisdair R ^a   Nikoloski, Zoran ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Genotypes; Metabolomics; Multivariate data analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897472776     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2012.00217     Document Type: Article

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