Modification of Brassica oil using conventional and transgenic approaches

Crop Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1225-1236

  Scarth, Rachael ^a   Tang, Jihong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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BRASSICA;

EID: 33646443205     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2005.08-0245     Document Type: Article

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