Biotechnology and the domestication of forest trees

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-166

  Boerjan, Wout ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GENES; OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WOOD;

DOMESTICATION; GENETICAL GENOMICS; TRANSGENIC TREES;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

LIGNIN;

DNA MODIFICATION; DOMESTICATION; FOREST; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOME SIZE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT GENETICS; PLANTATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; QUANTUM YIELD; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSGENE; TREE; WOOD;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; FORESTRY; GENES; OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; WOOD;

EID: 17144398431     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2005.03.003     Document Type: Review

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