Clean vector technology for marker-free transgenic fruit crops

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 663, Issue , 2004, Pages 431-436

  Krens, F A ^a   Pelgrom, K T B ^a   Schaart, J G ^a   Den Nijs, A P M ^a   Rouwendal, G J A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apple; Excision; Gene transfer; Recombination; Safe GMOs; Strawberry

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750314996     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.663.74     Document Type: Conference Paper

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