Transfer of a potential canker resistance gene into Citrus protoplasts using GFP as the selectable marker

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 632, Issue , 2004, Pages 255-258

  Guo, W W ^a   Grosser, J W ^b  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Co transformation; Green fluorescent protein; In vitro grafting; Sweet orange; Xa21 gene

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844406141     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.632.32     Document Type: Conference Paper

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