Functional food value of designer crops

Designing Crops for Added Value

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 229-238

  Smith, Mary Ann L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Conventional breeding; Designer food; Designer food crop; Epidemiological studies; Functional food value; Genetic advancement; Genetic engineering; Phytochemical content; Vitro selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 85104284443     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr40.c13     Document Type: Chapter

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