Transgene stability and dispersal in forest trees

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1125-1135

  Ahuja, Mulkh Raj ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Containment; Forest trees; Gene flow; Recombinant genes; Transgene dispersal; Transgene stability; Transgenic trees

Indexed keywords

CONTAINMENT; FOREST TREES; GENE FLOW; RECOMBINANT GENES; TRANSGENE DISPERSAL; TRANSGENE STABILITY; TRANSGENIC TREES;

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HERBICIDES; STABILITY; WEED CONTROL;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

HEXAPODA;

EID: 70449524403     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-009-0362-8     Document Type: Review

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