The biotechnology roadmap for sugarcane improvement

Tropical Plant Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 75-87

  Hotta, Carlos T ^a   Lembke, Carolina G ^a   Domingues, Douglas S ^a   Ochoa, Edgar A ^a   Cruz, Guilherme M Q ^a   Melotto Passarin, Danila M ^a   Marconi, Thiago G ^b   Santos, Melissa O ^b   Mollinari, Marcelo ^b   Margarido, Gabriel R A ^b   Crivellari, Augusto César ^a   dos Santos, Wanderley D ^a   de Souza, Amanda P ^a   Hoshino, Andrea A ^b   Carrer, Helaine ^a   Souza, Anete P ^b   Garcia, Antônio A F ^a   Buckeridge, Marcos S ^a   Menossi, Marcelo ^b   van Sluys, Marie Anne ^a   Souza, Glaucia M ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Breeding; Genome; Physiology; Sugarcane; Transgenics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952582001     PISSN: 19359756     EISSN: 19359764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12042-010-9050-5     Document Type: Article

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