Correction: Exploiting the genetic diversity of maize using a combined metabolomic, enzyme activity profiling, and metabolic modeling approach to link leaf physiology to kernel yield (Plant Cell, (2017) 29, (919-943), 10.1105/tpc.16.00613);Exploiting the genetic diversity of maize using a combined metabolomic, enzyme activity profiling, and metabolic modeling approach to link leaf physiology to kernel yield

Plant Cell

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 919-943

  Cañas, Rafael A ^a,b   Yesbergenova Cuny, Zhazira ^a   Simons, Margaret ^c   Chardon, Fabien ^a   Armengaud, Patrick ^a   Quilleré, Isabelle ^a   Cukier, Caroline ^d   Gibon, Yves ^e   Limami, Anis M ^d   Nicolas, Stéphane ^f   Brulé, Lenaïg ^a   Lea, Peter J ^g   Maranas, Costas D ^c   Hirel, Bertrand ^a  

^a INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c The Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^e Univ Bordeaux   (France)

^f INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^g LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; METABOLOMICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF;

CARBON; GENETIC VARIATION; METABOLOMICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85020429782     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.18.00273     Document Type: Erratum

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