Exploring and Harnessing Haplotype Diversity to Improve Yield Stability in Crops

In order to meet future food, feed, fiber, and bioenergy demands, global yields of all major crops need to be increased significantly. At the same time, the increasing frequency of extreme weather events such as heat and drought necessitates improvements in the environmental resilience of modern cro...

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Main Authors: Lunwen Qian, Lee T. Hickey, Andreas Stahl, Christian R. Werner, Ben Hayes, Rod J. Snowdon, Kai P. Voss-Fels
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2017.01534/full