Approaches to and successes in developing transgenically enhanced mycoherbicides

NATO Security through Science Series A: Chemistry and Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 297-305

  Gressel, Jonathan ^a   Meir, Sagit ^a   Herschkovitz, Yoav ^a   Al Ahmad, Hani ^a,b   Greenspoon, Inbar ^a,c   Babalola, Olubukola ^a,d   Amsellem, Ziva ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Carbohydrases; Mycoherbicides; NEP1; Phytotoxins; Transgenic enhancement

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749329684     PISSN: 18714641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5799-1_16     Document Type: Article

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