Genetically modified trees - The plantations of the future or an expensive distraction?

Commonwealth Forestry Review

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1996, Pages

  Griffin, A R ^a  

^a SIC Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cloning; Genetic modification; Intellectual property rights; Tree breeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843140576     PISSN: 00103381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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