Improving phosphorus use efficiency: a complex trait with emerging opportunities

Plant Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 868-885

  Heuer, Sigrid ^a   Gaxiola, Roberto ^b   Schilling, Rhiannon ^c   Herrera Estrella, Luis ^d   López Arredondo, Damar ^e   Wissuwa, Matthias ^f   Delhaize, Emmanuel ^g   Rouached, Hatem ^h  

^a Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics   (Australia)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d Langebio   (Mexico)

^e StelaGenomics Mexico S de RL de CV   (Mexico)

^f JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^g CSIRO   (Australia)

^h CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

aluminum toxicity; AVP1; OsPSTOL1; PHO1; phosphite; phosphorus deficiency; rhizosheath; roots

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ALUMINUM; CROPS; EFFICIENCY; PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS; PHOSPHORUS; TOXICITY;

ALUMINUM TOXICITY; AVP1; OSPSTOL1; PHO1; PHOSPHITE; PHOSPHORUS DEFICIENCY; RHIZOSHEATH; ROOTS;

FERTILIZERS;

ALUMINUM; PHOSPHITES; PHOSPHORUS; ROOTS; TOXICITY;

ALUMINUM; PHOSPHITE; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT PROTEIN;

CROP; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT;

ALUMINUM; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; PHOSPHITES; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS;

EID: 85013191599     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13423     Document Type: Article

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