Using membrane transporters to improve crops for sustainable food production

Julian I. Schroeder (), Emmanuel Delhaize, Wolf B. Frommer, Mary Lou Guerinot, Maria J. Harrison, Luis Herrera-Estrella, Tomoaki Horie, Leon V. Kochian, Rana Munns, Naoko K. Nishizawa, Yi-Fang Tsay and Dale Sanders ()
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Julian I. Schroeder: Food and Fuel for the 21st Century Center, University of California San Diego
Emmanuel Delhaize: CSIRO Plant Industry
Wolf B. Frommer: Carnegie Institution for Science
Mary Lou Guerinot: Dartmouth College
Maria J. Harrison: Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Tower Road
Luis Herrera-Estrella: Laboratorio Nacional de Genomica para la Biodiversidad
Tomoaki Horie: Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University
Leon V. Kochian: Robert Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, USDA-ARS, Cornell University
Rana Munns: CSIRO Plant Industry
Naoko K. Nishizawa: Research Institute for Bioresources and Biotechnology, Ishikawa Prefectural University
Yi-Fang Tsay: Institute of Molecular Biology
Dale Sanders: John Innes Centre

Nature, 2013, vol. 497, issue 7447, 60-66

Abstract: This Perspective discusses the emerging advances in plant membrane transporters, which can be used to improve crop yields, nutritional value, and environmental stress resistance.

Date: 2013
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