Engineering food crops to grow in harsh environments

F1000Research

Volumn 4, Issue , 2015, Pages

  López Arredondo, Damar ^a   González Morales, Sandra Isabel ^b   Bello Bello, Elohim ^b   Alejo Jacuinde, Gerardo ^b   Herrera, Luis ^b  

^a StelaGenomics   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALUMINUM; BORON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ABIOTIC STRESS; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; FOOD CROP; GENE TRANSFER; HEAT TOLERANCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT WATER USE; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; SALT STRESS; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL FERTILITY; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; TRANSGENIC CROP; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STRESS;

EID: 84941008947     PISSN: 20461402     EISSN: 1759796X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.6538.1     Document Type: Review

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