Genetic strategies for improving crop yields

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Transformative learningLeverage (statistics)Climate changeAgricultureGreen RevolutionCrop yieldPsychological resilienceCropAgricultural productivityWorld populationEnvironmental scienceCrop productionResilience (materials science)PopulationClimate resilienceAgroforestryNatural resource economicsAgronomyEcologyBiologyComputer scienceEconomics

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Year: 2019
Type: review
Volume: 575
Issue: 7781
Pages: 109-118
Citations: 1382
Access: Closed

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                                    Julia Bailey‐Serres, 
                                
                                    Jane E. Parker, 
                                
                                    Elizabeth A. Ainsworth
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2019). 
                            Genetic strategies for improving crop yields. 
                            Nature
                            , 575
                            (7781)
                            , 109-118.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1679-0
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1679-0