An early-flowering genotype of Populus

Journal of Plant Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 52-56

  Meilan, Richard ^a,c   Sabatti, Maurizio ^b   Ma, Caiping ^a   Kuzminsky, Elena ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^c Dep of Forestry and Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic engineering; Populus; Precocious flowering; Sterility

Indexed keywords

POPULUS; POPULUS ALBA;

EID: 4644313531     PISSN: 12269239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03030228     Document Type: Article

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