Clonal stability, seasonal periodicity and transgenes: the lesson from long-term micropropagation of transgenic and non-transformed Populus tremula L. plants

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 530, Issue , 2000, Pages 429-436

  Altman, A ^a   Tzfira, T ^a   Wang, W ^a   Vinocur, B ^a   Hazan, G ^a   Vainstein, A ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aspen (Populus tremula L.); Biological clocks; Growth periodicity; Poplar; Somaclonal variability and stability

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULA; VIR;

EID: 0012435489     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2000.530.50     Document Type: Conference Paper

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