Where are the drought tolerant crops? An assessment of more than two decades of plant biotechnology effort in crop improvement

Plant Science

Volumn 273, Issue , 2018, Pages 110-119

  Nuccio, Michael L ^a   Paul, Matthew ^b   Bate, Nicholas J ^a   Cohn, Jonathan ^a   Cutler, Sean R ^c  

^a SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION   (United States)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural biotechnology; Crop genetic engineering; Drought tolerance; GMO

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; BREEDING; CROP; DROUGHT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; BREEDING; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DROUGHTS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 85042252985     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: 18732259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.01.020     Document Type: Article

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