Approaches to translational plant science

Advances in Agronomy

Volumn 131, Issue , 2015, Pages 305-335

  Dresbøll, Dorte Bodin ^a   Christensen, Brian ^b   Thorup Kristensen, Kristian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AgroTech A/S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Applied science; Basic science; GM crops; Translational research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928581291     PISSN: 00652113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.agron.2015.01.001     Document Type: Article

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