Narrowing Down the Targets: Towards Successful Genetic Engineering of Drought-Tolerant Crops

Molecular Plant - Tập 3 Số 3 - Trang 469-490 - 2010
Shujun Yang1, Barbara Vanderbeld1, Jiangxin Wan1, Yafan Huang1
1Performance Plants Inc., 700 Gardiners Road, Kingston, Ontario, K7M 3X9, Canada.

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