Translating knowledge about abiotic stress tolerance to breeding programmes

Plant Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 898-917

  Gilliham, Matthew ^a,b   Able, Jason A ^b   Roy, Stuart J ^b,c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics   (Australia)

Author keywords

CIPK16; Drysdale; food security; HKT1; partial root zone drying; Sorghum bicolor; transpiration efficiency; Triticum aestivum; yield potential; yield stability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AGRONOMY; CROPS; CULTIVATION; EFFICIENCY; FOOD SUPPLY; THERMAL PROCESSING (FOODS);

CIPK16; DRYSDALE; FOOD SECURITY; HKT1; ROOT ZONE; SORGHUM BICOLOR; TRANSPIRATION EFFICIENCY; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; YIELD POTENTIAL; YIELD STABILITY;

TRANSLATION (LANGUAGES);

BREEDING; DRYING; SOLUTIONS;

PLANT PROTEIN;

BREEDING; CATERING SERVICE; CROP; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SORGHUM; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WHEAT;

BREEDING; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FOOD SUPPLY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SORGHUM; TRITICUM;

EID: 85013069173     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13456     Document Type: Article

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