Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) regeneration and transformation technology to provide weevil (Cylas formicarius) resistance. Field trial results

Developments in Plant Genetics and Breeding

Volumn 5, Issue C, 2000, Pages 112-117

  Garcia R ^a   Moraan R ^a   Mena, J ^a   Somontes, D ^a   Pimentel, E ^a   Zaldua Z ^a   Lopez A ^a   Garcia M ^a  

^a Centro de Ingeniería Genética y Biotecnología Camagüey   (Cuba)

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EID: 77957782138     PISSN: 01687972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-7972(00)80017-1     Document Type: Chapter

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