Accelerating the Domestication of New Crops: Feasibility and Approaches

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 373-384

  Østerberg, Jeppe Thulin ^a   Xiang, Wen ^a   Olsen, Lene Irene ^a   Edenbrandt, Anna Kristina ^a   Vedel, Suzanne Elizabeth ^a   Christiansen, Andreas ^a   Landes, Xavier ^a   Andersen, Martin Marchman ^a   Pagh, Peter ^a   Sandøe, Peter ^a   Nielsen, John ^a   Christensen, Søren Brøgger ^a   Thorsen, Bo Jellesmark ^a   Kappel, Klemens ^a   Gamborg, Christian ^a   Palmgren, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROP; DOMESTICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

AGRICULTURE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DOMESTICATION;

EID: 85014112709     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2017.01.004     Document Type: Review

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