Molecular plant breeding as the foundation for 21st century crop improvement

Plant Physiology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 969-977

  Moose, Stephen P ^a   Mumm, Rita H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b GeneMax Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROP; DNA SHUFFLING; GENETICS; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DNA SHUFFLING; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 51549104956     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.118232     Document Type: Review

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