Genetic engineering of essential oil production in mint

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 139-144

  Lange, B Markus ^a   Croteau, Rodney ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MINT; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TERPENE;

MENTHA;

EID: 0033119714     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(99)80028-4     Document Type: Article

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