Screening the banana biodiversity for drought tolerance: can an in vitro growth model and proteomics be used as a tool to discover tolerant varieties and understand homeostasis

There is a great need for research aimed at understanding drought tolerance, screening for drought tolerant varieties and breeding cops with an improved water use efficiency. Bananas and plantains are a major staple food and export product with a worldwide production of over 135 million tonnes per y...

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Autors principals: Anne-Catherine eVanhove, Wesley eVermaelen, Bart ePanis, Rony eSwennen, Sebastien eCarpentier
Format: Article
Idioma:English
Publicat: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-08-01
Col·lecció:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Accés en línia:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2012.00176/full