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Model systems in agriculture: Lessons from worms
Author(s) -
MCKENZIE BIRD DAVID
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2005.040066.x
Subject(s) - biology , agriculture , agricultural pest , nematology , ecology , nematode , microbiology and biotechnology , computational biology , agricultural science
Summary Genomic tools are expanding the utility of organisms originally developed as models for biomedical research as a means to address complex agricultural problems. Conversely, agricultural pests are serving as models to help unravel questions of basic biology. Examples from C. elegans and root‐knot nematode of this two‐way exchange are discussed.