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1. Application of Molecular Markers in Breeding for Nitrogen Use Efficiency

Description:
In the special issue: Enhancing the efficiency of nitrogen utilization in plants / edited by S.S. Goyal, R. Tischner and A.S. Basra.
Author:
Agrama, H.A.
Subject:
plants , literature reviews , plant nutrition , nitrogen , nutrient use efficiency , plant breeding , artificial selection , selection criteria , genetic markers , biomarkers , dry matter accumulation , Zea mays , corn , grain yield , nutrient availability , marker-assisted selection , chromosome mapping , quantitative trait loci , plant morphology , agronomic traits , yield components
Collection:
Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
Year:
2005

2. Breeding crops for enhanced micronutrient content

Description:
In the special issue: Food security in nutrient-stressed environments: exploiting plants' genetic capabilities / edited by Z. Rengel. Paper presented at a workshop held 1999, Hyderabad, India.
Author:
Welch, R.M. , Graham, R.D.
Subject:
plants , plant breeding , nutrient content , iron , zinc , vitamin A , nutritive value , genetic techniques and protocols , carotenoids , crop yield , genome , literature reviews
Collection:
Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
Year:
2002

3. Development of P-hyperaccumulator plant strategies to remediate soils with excess P concentrations

Description:
In the special issue Phytoremediation I / edited by B.V. Conger.
Author:
Novak, J.M. , Chan, A.S.K.
Subject:
animal manures , plants , bioremediation , phosphorus , nutrient excess , soil pollution , livestock , nutrient uptake , roots , plant morphology , organic acids and salts , plant breeding , genetic engineering , nutrient content , chemical constituents of plants , literature reviews
Collection:
Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
Year:
2002

4. Germins: A diverse protein family important for crop improvement

Description:
Includes references
Author:
Davidson, Rebecca M. , Reeves, Patrick A. , Manosalva, Patricia M. , Leach, Jan E.
Subject:
plants , Oryza sativa , rice , plant proteins , oxidoreductases , phylogeny , multigene family , genes , pollen , seed germination , plant development , literature reviews , gene expression , plant tissues , plant stress , quantitative trait loci , disease resistance , messenger RNA , gene expression regulation , nucleotide sequences , chromosome mapping , plant breeding
Collection:
Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
Year:
2009

5. Impact of reduced lignin on plant fitness

Description:
Paper presented at the Lignin and Forage Digestibility Symposium, Crop Science Society of America Annual Meeting held November 4, 2003, Denver, Colorado.
Author:
Pedersen, J.F. , Vogel, K.P. , Funnell, D.L.
Subject:
plants , crops , lignin , biosynthesis , plant breeding , mutation , transgenic plants , transgenes , chemical constituents of plants , vigor , plant growth , literature reviews
Collection:
Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
Year:
2005