Lab to Farm: Applying Research on Plant Genetics and Genomics to Crop Improvement

PLoS Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1-6

  Ronald, Pamela C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOINT BIOENERGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CHINA; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPLAND; DNA MODIFICATION; DOMESTICATION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FLOODING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SECURITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; INDIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; NORTH AFRICA; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT YIELD; RNA EDITING; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; CROP; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; TRENDS;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENOMICS;

EID: 84903278705     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001878     Document Type: Article

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