Cisgenesis and genome editing: Combining concepts and efforts for a smarter use of genetic resources in crop breeding

Plant Breeding

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 139-147

  Cardi, Teodoro ^a  

^a Centro di Ricerca per l'Orticoltura   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cisgenesis; Crop breeding; Genome editing; Intragenesis; Nucleases; Plant genetic resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958781078     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: 14390523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbr.12345     Document Type: Review

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