A new approach to evaluate fire blight resistance in vitro

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 590, Issue , 2002, Pages 397-399

  Hanke, V ^a   Geider, K ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Erwinia amylovora; Genetic engineering; Green Fluorescent Protein

Indexed keywords

EID: 45249120044     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.590.61     Document Type: Conference Paper

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