Transgenic technologies for enhanced molecular breeding of white clover (Trifolium repens L.)

Crop and Pasture Science

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-38

  Forster, J W ^a,b   Panter, S ^a   Mouradov, A ^a,b,c   Mason, J ^a,b   Spangenberg, G C ^a,b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

aluminium toxicity; flavonoid; pasture legume; senescence; transformation; virus

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; ALUMINUM; BACTERIUM; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; GRASS; LEGUME; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PASTURE; PEST SPECIES; PHOSPHORUS; SENESCENCE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TRANSFORMATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIRUS;

EID: 84877598297     PISSN: 18360947     EISSN: 18365795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/CP12184     Document Type: Article

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