Behaviour of genetically modified amylose free potato clones as progenitors in a breeding program

Euphytica

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 169-175

  Heeres, P ^a   Jacobsen, E ^b   Visser, R G F ^b  

^a Dutch Potato Starch Industry 'Karna'   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amylose free; Genetic modification; Potato; Solanum tuberosum; Transgenic clones

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031450468     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003109015151     Document Type: Article

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