Biotechnology applications for sugar beet

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 108-140

  Gurel, Ekrem ^a,c   Gurel, Songul ^b,c   Lemaux, Peggy G ^c  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Sugar Institute   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental impacts; Genetic transformation; In vitro culture; Public acceptance; Transgenic traits

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; HEXAPODA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 45849145823     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: 15497836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352680802202000     Document Type: Review

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