Investigating the role of regulatory genes in heterosis for superior growth and biomass production in Arabidopsis thaliana

‘Heterosis’ is a term used in genetics and breeding referring to hybrid vigour or the superiority of hybrids over their parents in terms of traits such as size, growth rate, biomass, fertility, yield, nutrient content, disease resistance or tolerance to abiotic and abiotic stress. Parental plants w...

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Main Author: Blacha, Anna Maria
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Universität Potsdam 2009
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Online Access:http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-46146
http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2010/4614/