Recent advances in genetic engineering for improvement of fruit crops

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-15

  Rai, Manoj K ^a   Shekhawat, N S ^a  

^a JAI NARAIN VYAS UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Cisgenesis and intragenesis; Crop improvement; Disease resistance; Genetic transformation; Selection marker free plant

Indexed keywords

CROPS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NUTRITION;

ABIOTIC STRESS; CISGENESIS AND INTRAGENESIS; CROP IMPROVEMENT; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; SELECTION MARKER;

FRUITS;

EID: 84890886363     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-013-0389-9     Document Type: Review

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