Source/sink interactions underpin crop yield: The case for trehalose 6-phosphate/SnRK1 in improvement of wheat

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Lawlor, David W ^a   Paul, Matthew J ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food security; Grain yield; SnRK1; Source sink; Sucrose; Trehalose 6 phosphate; Wheat; Yield components

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907370817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00418     Document Type: Review

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