Formación de raíces desde el brote

Lidor Shaar-Moshe1,2, Siobhan M Brady1,2

  • 1Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|March 3, 2022
PubMed
Resumen

La identificación de genes que controlan el desarrollo de las raíces es clave para mejorar la agricultura vegetal. Comprender estos factores genéticos revolucionará la producción de cultivos y la seguridad alimentaria.

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