Transgene stability and agronomical performance of two transgenic Basta®-tolerant lines of Populus alba L

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-40

  Bonadei, M ^a   Zelasco, S ^b   Giorcelli, A ^c   Gennaro, M ^c   Calligari, P ^c   Quattrini, E ^d   Carbonera, D ^a   Balestrazzi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b CRA Centro di Ricerca Per l'Olivicoltura e l'Industria Olearia   (Italy)

^c CRA PLF Unità di Ricerca per le Produzioni Legnose Fuori Foresta Strada per Frassineto 35   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bar gene; herbicide tolerance; Populus alba; transgene stability; transgenic poplar; weed control

Indexed keywords

POPULUS; POPULUS ALBA;

EID: 84859609313     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2011.641037     Document Type: Article

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