Current challenges and future perspectives of plant and agricultural biotechnology

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 337-342

  Moshelion, Menachem ^a   Altman, Arie ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abiotic and biotic stress tolerance; Biomaterials; Crop biotechnology; Food security; Genotype phenotype gap; Molecular breeding; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AUTOMATION; BIOMATERIALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CROPS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FOOD SUPPLY;

BIOTIC STRESS; CROP BIOTECHNOLOGY; FOOD SECURITY; GENOTYPE-PHENOTYPE GAP; MOLECULAR BREEDING; TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIODIESEL; BIOFUEL; BIOPOLYMER; INDUSTRIAL ENZYME;

AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHM; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HARVEST; NONHUMAN; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATERING SERVICE; CROP; GENETICS; HUMAN; PLANT GENOME; PROCEDURES; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRENDS;

AGRICULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FOOD SUPPLY; GENOME, PLANT; HUMANS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 84929503244     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: 18793096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2015.03.001     Document Type: Review

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