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[Roy S., Banerjee A., Tarafdar J. and Senapati B. K. 2012 Detection of probable marker-free transgene-positive rice plants resistant to rice tungro disease from backcross progenies of transgenic Pusa Basmati 1. J. Genet. 91, xx--xx]
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ROY, S., BANERJEE, A., TARAFDAR, J. et al. Detection of probable marker-free transgene-positive rice plants resistant to rice tungro disease from backcross progenies of transgenic Pusa Basmati 1. J Genet 91, 213–218 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-012-0156-4
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