Engineering soybean for enhanced sulfur amino acid content

Crop Science

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 454-461

  Krishnan, Hari B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 14844342726     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2005.0454     Document Type: Conference Paper

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