Ornacitrus: Development of genetically modified anthocyanin-expressing citrus with both ornamental and fresh fruit potential

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 54-61

  Dutt, Manjul ^a   Stanton, Daniel ^a   Grosser, Jude W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

'Mexican' lime; Genetic engineering; MYB gene; Purple citrus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956815394     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: 23279788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.141.1.54     Document Type: Article

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