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Field Trials with Transgenic Trees – State of the Art and Developments

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Robischon, M. (2006). Field Trials with Transgenic Trees – State of the Art and Developments. In: Fladung, M., Ewald, D. (eds) Tree Transgenesis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-32199-3_1

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