Application of genetics and biotechnology for improving medicinal plants

Planta

Volumn 249, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 953-973

  Niazian, Mohsen ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF IRAN ABRII   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bio product; Biotechnology; Genome editing; Metabolic engineering; Plant synthetic biology; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENE EDITING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM; PLANT BREEDING; PLOIDY; PROCEDURES; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENE EDITING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANT BREEDING; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLOIDIES; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 85061046759     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-019-03099-1     Document Type: Review

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