Cassava Genetic Transformation and its Application in Breeding

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 552-569

  Liu, Jia ^a   Zheng, Qijie ^a   Ma, Qiuxiang ^a   Gadidasu, Kranthi Kumar ^a,b   Zhang, Peng ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^b KAKATIYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Application; Genetic transformation; Manihot esculenta crantz; Molecular breeding

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; BIOENERGY; CASSAVA; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; FOOD SUPPLY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANT BREEDING; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPICAL REGION;

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BREEDING; CASSAVA; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BREEDING; MANIHOT; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

AFRICA; ASIA; LATIN AMERICA;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 79960135403     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2011.01048.x     Document Type: Review

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