Post-harvest alteration of in vitro translatable mRNA population in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)

Crop Science

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1011-1016

  Ferullo, Jean Marc ^a   Vézina, Louis P ^a   Castonguay, Yves ^a   Allard, Guy ^b   Nadeau, Paul ^a   Willemot, Claude ^b   Laberge, Serge ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 0029854535     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci1996.0011183X003600040033x     Document Type: Article

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