Open AccessHope in Change: The Role of Root Plasticity in Crop Yield Stability
Author(s) -
Christopher N. Topp
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
plant physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.554
H-Index - 312
eISSN - 1532-2548
pISSN - 0032-0889
DOI - 10.1104/pp.16.01257
Subject(s) - crop , yield (engineering) , root (linguistics) , crop yield , agronomy , agricultural engineering , agroforestry , biology , engineering , philosophy , linguistics , materials science , metallurgy
An often underappreciated fact of crop improvement work is that the development of new varieties can take years or even decades ([Morrell et al., 2011][1]; [Challinor et al., 2016][2]). Because of this, breeders are challenged with developing new varieties in today’s environments that will thrive
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