Transformation of apple cultivars with t4-lysozyme-gene to increase fire blight resistance

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 489, Issue , 1999, Pages 253-256

  Hanke, Viola ^a   During, Klaus ^b,c   Norelli, John L ^d   Aldwinckle, Herb S ^d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^b Breedin Methods in Vegetables   (Germany)

^c MPB Cologne GmbH   (Germany)

^d New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Erwinia amylovora; Gene transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007200275     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1999.489.42     Document Type: Conference Paper

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