Genetic engineering of sexual sterility in shade trees

Journal of Arboriculture

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 263-272

  Brunner, Amy M ^a   Mohamed, Rozi ^a   Meilan, Richard ^a   Sheppard, Lorraine A ^b   Rottman, William H ^c   Strauss, Steven H ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MeadWestvaco Forest Sci Technol   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonal propagation; Floral homeotic genes; Flowering; Fruit trees; Gene transfer; Transgenes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000473949     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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