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Transformation of Populus — From System Development to Field Plantings

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Woody Plant Biotechnology

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Populus hybrids are being used for woody plant transformation in attempts to increase insect and disease resistance. Refined in vitro micropropagation systems were the initial basis for Populus alba L. X P. grandidentata Michx. transformation system development (Chun et al., 1988b).

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  1. Depts. Forestry, Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Biochemistry and Biophysics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA

    N. B. Klopfenstein, R. W. Thornburg, H. S. McNabb Jr., R. B. Hall, E. R. Hart, Y. W. Chun, A. Kernan & N.-Q. Shi

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  1. Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products, Institute of Forest Genetics and Forest Tree Breeding, Grosshandsdorf, Germany

    M. R. Ahuja

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Klopfenstein, N.B. et al. (1991). Transformation of Populus — From System Development to Field Plantings. In: Ahuja, M.R. (eds) Woody Plant Biotechnology. NATO ASI Series, vol 210. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7932-4_46

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