Stacking of resistance genes in potato by cisgenesis instead of introgression breeding

Potato Developments in a Changing Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 46-54

  Jacobsen, E ^a   Hutten, R ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cisgenesis; Exemption of EU directive 2001 18 EC; Improvement of existing varieties; Introgression breeding; Transgenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899181580     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-582-6     Document Type: Chapter

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