Omics of maize stress response for sustainable food production: Opportunities and challenges

OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 714-732

  Gong, Fangping ^a   Yang, Le ^a   Tai, Fuju ^a   Hu, Xiuli ^a   Wang, Wei ^a  

^a HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ABIOTIC STRESS; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; BIOTIC STRESS; CARBON METABOLISM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DROUGHT; DROUGHT STRESS; EAR ROT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAIZE; MAIZE ROUGH DWARF DISEASE; MECHANICAL WOUNDING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STRESS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SALT STRESS; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SHOOT GROWTH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STALK ROT; SUGARCANE MOSAIC DISEASE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; WATERLOGGING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE;

FUNGI; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEOMICS; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84919327357     PISSN: 15362310     EISSN: 15578100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/omi.2014.0125     Document Type: Review

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