Molecular and conventional breeding strategies for Seedless citrus

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 535, Issue , 2000, Pages 169-174

  Koltunow, A M ^a   Vivian Smith, A ^a   Sykes, S R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Citrus; Parthenocarpy; Plant transformation; Seedless fruit

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; CITRUS; CITRUS SINENSIS; HEXAPODA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 38049178082     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2000.535.20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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