Azolla domestication towards a biobased economy?

New Phytologist

Volumn 202, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1069-1082

  Brouwer, Paul ^a   Bräutigam, Andrea ^b   Külahoglu, Canan ^b   Tazelaar, Anne O E ^a   Kurz, Samantha ^b   Nierop, Klaas G J ^a   van der Werf, Adrie ^c   Weber, Andreas P M ^b   Schluepmann, Henriette ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Azolla filiculoides; Biobased economy; Cryopreservation; Domestication; Fern; RNAseq; Sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; BIOMASS; CROP YIELD; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DOMESTICATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SPORE;

AZOLLA; AZOLLA FILICULOIDES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; FILICOPHYTA; NOSTOC;

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CHEMISTRY; COTYLEDON; CROP; CRYOPRESERVATION; DESICCATION; ECONOMICS; FERN; FERTILIZATION; FREEZING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ORGANOGENESIS; SYMBIOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; COTYLEDON; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; DATABASES, GENETIC; DESICCATION; FERNS; FERTILIZATION; FREEZING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GERMINATION; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANOGENESIS; PLANT PROTEINS; SPORES; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84898043728     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12708     Document Type: Article

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