Synthetic biology approaches to engineering the nitrogen symbiosis in cereals

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1939-1946

  Rogers, Christian ^a   Oldroyd, Giles E D ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Maize; nitrogen; nitrogen fixation; nodulation; sub Saharan Africa; symbiosis; synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

CEREAL; CROP; FABACEAE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CEREALS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FABACEAE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SYMBIOSIS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84898991156     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru098     Document Type: Review

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