Crop epigenetics and the molecular hardware of genotype × environment interactions

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 6, Issue NOVEMBER, 2015, Pages

  King, Graham J ^a,b,c  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CROPS FOR THE FUTURE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Chromatin dynamics; Crop epigenetics; DNA methylation; G E interactions; Ionic homeostasis; Phenotypic plasticity; Thermal homeostasis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947588705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00968     Document Type: Review

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