Improvement of rooting and reduction in plant height in apple and pear through gene transfer

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 738, Issue , 2007, Pages 353-360

  Zhu, L H ^a   Li, X Y ^a   Nyqvist, M ^a   Welander, M ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium transformation; Gai; Plant size; Rola; Rolb; Rooting

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PYRUS; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 71049133062     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2007.738.42     Document Type: Conference Paper

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