Diversity of Plasmids of Agrobacterium tumefaciens Isolated from Fruit Trees in Poland

Journal of Phytopathology

Volumn 146, Issue 8-9, 1998, Pages 465-468

  Pulawska J ^a   Malinowski, T ^a   Sobiczewski, P ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POMOLOGY AND FLORICULTURE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Fruit trees; Plasmid DNA; Strains; Virulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542304897     PISSN: 09311785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0434.1998.tb04781.x     Document Type: Article

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