The use of genetically engineered bacteria to control frost on strawberries and potatoes. Whatever happened to all of that research?

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 179-189

  Skirvin, R M ^a   Kohler, E ^a   Steiner, H ^a   Ayers, D ^a   Laughnan, A ^a   Norton, M A ^a   Warmund, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Blightban; Frost; Frostban; Ice nucleation; Pseudomonas fluorescens; Pseudomonas syringae; Snomax; Xanthomonas campestris

Indexed keywords

FROST PREVENTION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; ICE NUCLEATION; POTATO; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; STRAWBERRY; TRANSGENIC BACTERIUM; TRANSGENICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034725091     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(99)00097-7     Document Type: Article

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