Recent advances in rice biotechnology - Towards genetically superior transgenic rice

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 275-307

  Bajaj, Shavindra ^a   Mohanty, Amitabh ^b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

Agronomic improvement; Biosafety; Genetic transformation; Marker free transgenics; Nutritional improvement; Oryza sativa; Transgenic rice

Indexed keywords

INSECTA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 27644569345     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2005.00130.x     Document Type: Review

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