Evaluation of two transgenes for aluminum tolerance in alfalfa

Crop Science

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1581-1588

  Reyno, Rafael ^a,b   Khu, Dong Man ^c   Monteros, Maria J ^a,c   Bouton, Joseph H ^a,c   Parrott, Wayne ^a   Charles Brummer, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN AGROPECUARIA INIA   (Uruguay)

^c PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAUCUS CAROTA; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 84878752070     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2012.12.0676     Document Type: Article

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