Improving crop disease resistance: lessons from research on Arabidopsis and tomato

One of the great challenges for food security in the 21st century is to improve yield stability through the development of disease-resistant crops. Crop research is often hindered by the lack of molecular tools, growth logistics, generation time and detailed genetic annotations, hence the power of m...

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Main Authors: Sophie J.M. Piquerez, Sarah E. Harvey, Jim L Beynon, Vardis eNtoukakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2014.00671/full