Application of somatic embryogenesis to tree improvement in conifers

Progress in Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue C, 2001, Pages 305-312

  Cyr, David R ^a   Attree, Stephen M ^a   El Kassaby, Yousry A ^a   Ellis, David D ^a   Polonenko, Dan R ^a   Sutton, Ben C S ^a  

^a CellFor Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioreactor; Clonal Forestry; Conifer; Genetics; Nursery; Somatic Embryogenesis; Transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957073543     PISSN: 09210423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-0423(01)80086-1     Document Type: Article

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