SMARTER De-Stressed Cereal Breeding

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 909-925

  Liu, Haipei ^a   Able, Amanda J ^a   Able, Jason A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

cereals; crop improvement; epigenetics; reproduction; small RNAs; stress response

Indexed keywords

PLANT RNA;

BREEDING; FOOD GRAIN; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCTION;

BREEDING; EDIBLE GRAIN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION; RNA, PLANT;

EID: 84994157367     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2016.07.006     Document Type: Review

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