Transgenic Betula pendula expressing sugar beet chitinase IV forms normal ectomycorrhizae with Paxillus involutus in vitro

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 385-392

  Pasonen, Hanna Leena ^a   Degefu, Yeshitila ^a   Brumós, Javier ^b   Lohtander, Katileena ^a   Pappinen, Ari ^a   Timonen, Sari ^a   Seppänen, Sanna Kaisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mycorrhizal colonization; Risk assessment; Silver birch; Transgenic tree

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; MORPHOLOGY; SUGAR BEETS;

CHITINASES; TRANSGENIC TREES;

FORESTRY;

ANATOMY; BETULA PUBESCENS; FORESTRY; FUNGI;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; BETULA PENDULA; FUNGI; MYCORRHIZAE; PAXILLUS INVOLUTUS;

EID: 27844451067     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827580500251432     Document Type: Article

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