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The Use of Genetic Transformation Procedures to Study the Defence and Disease Resistance Traits of Trees

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Fenning, T.M. (2006). The Use of Genetic Transformation Procedures to Study the Defence and Disease Resistance Traits of Trees. In: Fladung, M., Ewald, D. (eds) Tree Transgenesis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-32199-3_10

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