Genetically modified cotton has no effect on arbuscular mycorrhizal colonisation of roots

Field Crops Research

Volumn 109, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 57-60

  Knox, O G G ^a,c   Nehl, D B ^b,c   Mor, T ^b   Roberts, G N ^a   Gupta, V V S R ^a,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c Australian Cotton Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

AM; GM; Gossypium hirsutum; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; GENE EXPRESSION; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; ROOT COLONIZATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA;

EID: 53549127831     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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