Field evaluation and agronomic performance of transgenic wheat

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 105, Issue 6-7, 2002, Pages 980-984

  Barro, F ^a   Barcelo P ^b   Lazzeri, P A ^b   Shewry, P R ^c   Martin A ^a   Ballesteros, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agronomic performance; Field trials; Somaclonal variation; Transformation; Transgenic wheat

Indexed keywords

GENES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

TRANSGENIC LINES;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

EMBRYOPHYTA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0347926496     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-002-0996-z     Document Type: Article

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