Transformation of dwarfing apple and pear rootstocks with the rolB gene and its influence on rooting and growth

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 663, Issue , 2004, Pages 437-442

  Welander, M ^a   Zhu, L H ^a   Li, X Y ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ex vitro rooting; Field trial; In vitro rooting; Malus; Pyrus communis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248530709     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.663.75     Document Type: Conference Paper

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