Recent developments in our knowledge of potato transgenic biology

Potato Research

Volumn 39, Issue SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 411-427

  Davies, H V ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carbohydrates; carbon partitioning; development; disease; molecular farming; quality; Solanum tuberosum L.; starch; stress

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0030897004     PISSN: 00143065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02357947     Document Type: Conference Paper

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