Selection for Improved Energy Use Efficiency and Drought Tolerance in Canola Results in Distinct Transcriptome and

Aurine Verkest1, Marina Byzova1, Cindy Martens1

  • 1Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Ghent, Belgium (A.V., M.B., C.M., P.W., T.V., B.S., D.R., J.V.d.V., K.V., M.V.L., F.V.B.);Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium (A.V., M.B., C.M., P.W., T.V., B.S., D.R., J.V.d.V., K.V., M.V.L., F.V.B.);Bayer CropScience, 9052 Ghent, Belgium (C.M., E.S., M.P., M.D.B.);Department of Medical Protein Research, VIB, 9000 Ghent, Belgium (P.W.); andDepartment of Biochemistry, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium (P.W.).

Plant Physiology
|June 18, 2015
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