Phosphate nutrition: Improving low-phosphate tolerance in crops

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 95-123

  López Arredondo, Damar Lizbeth ^a   Leyva González, Marco Antonio ^a   González Morales, Sandra Isabel ^b   López Bucio, José ^c   Herrera Estrella, Luis ^b  

^a StelaGenomics México ^*  (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

crop plants; phosphate acquisition efficiency; phosphate transporters; phosphate utilization efficiency; phosphorus; phosphorus starvation response; root architecture

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; PHOSPHATE;

AGRICULTURE; CROP; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

AGRICULTURE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FERTILIZERS; PHOSPHATES; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84899742353     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: 15452123     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-050213-035949     Document Type: Review

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