Functional Genomics and Transgenesis Applied to Sunflower Breeding

Sunflowers: Growth and Development, Environmental Influences and Pests/Diseases

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 131-164

  Moschen, Sebastian ^a,b   Radonic, Laura M ^a   Ehrenbolger, Guillermo F ^a,b   Fernández, Paula ^a,b,c   Lía, Verónica ^a,b,d   Paniego, Norma B ^a,b   Bilbao, Marisa López ^a   Heinz, Ruth A ^a,b,d   Hopp, H Esteban ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biotic and abiotic stresses; In vitro culture; Metabolomics; Sunflower; Transcriptomics; Transgenesis; Transient expression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905818763     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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