Challenges of modifying root traits in crops for agriculture

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 779-788

  Meister, Robert ^a   Rajani, M S ^a   Ruzicka, Daniel ^a   Schachtman, Daniel P ^b  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Root architecture; Root microbe interactions; Root phenotyping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84915829372     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2014.08.005     Document Type: Review

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