GM crops-a mini-review

Australasian Plant Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 449-452

  Kerr, Allen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Crown gall; Genetic engineering

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS;

EID: 80755129213     PISSN: 08153191     EISSN: 14486032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13313-011-0073-7     Document Type: Review

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