Herbicide resistant transgenic sugarcane plants containing the bar gene

Crop Science

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1367-1374

  Gallo Meagher, M ^a   Irvine, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030469185     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci1996.0011183X003600050047x     Document Type: Article

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