Heavy-ion beam irradiation facility for biological samples in RIKEN

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-122

  Ryuto, Hiromichi ^a,b   Fukunishi, Nobuhisa ^a   Hayashi, Yoriko ^a   Ichida, Hiroyuki ^a   Abe, Tomoko ^a   Kase, Masayuki ^a   Yano, Yasushige ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heavy ion beam; Linear energy transfer; Mutagenesis; Plant breeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149132090     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.25.119     Document Type: Article

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