Reduction of chlorophyll accumulation in seed of transgenic brassica napus using antisense technology

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 459, Issue , 1998, Pages 183-190

  Morissette, J C Politeski ^a   Konschuh, M N ^a   Johnson Flanagan, A M ^a   Singh, J ^b   Robert, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cab expression; Canola; Green seed

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957048270     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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