Transgenic crop resistance to bacteria

Field Crops Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 85-97

  Panopoulos, N J ^a,b,c   Hatziloukas, E ^a   Afendra, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Disease; Disease control; Resistance; Review; Strategy; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 6744260621     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4290(95)00098-4     Document Type: Article

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