Production of transgenic tomatoes expressing oxalate oxidase

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 447, Issue , 1997, Pages 457-458

  Dessalegne, L ^a   Wetten, A C ^a   Caligari, P D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embryo staining method; Enzyme activity; Lycopersicon esculentum; Salt tolerance; Seed progenies; Transformants

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0344964903     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1997.447.91     Document Type: Conference Paper

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