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Publication Type:
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Author(s): | Qu, Rongda (Ron) |
Author Affiliation: | Assistant Professor, Crop Science Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina |
Title: | Genetically altered grasses: Have we made any progress? |
Section: | Cultivars Other records with the "Cultivars" Section
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Source: | North Carolina Turfgrass. Vol. 19, No. 1, February/March 2001, p. 40-42. |
Publishing Information: | Southern Pines, NC: The Turfgrass Council of North Carolina, Inc. |
# of Pages: | 3 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Breeding improvement; Transgenic turfgrasses; Genetic engineering; Futures; Calli; Tissue culture; Festuca arundinacea; Lolium perenne; Cynodon dactylon
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Abstract/Contents: | Discusses turfgrass biotech, including the introduction of Round-up herbicide resistance and insect resistance by the Bt gene in soy and corn crops, and how this may be introduced into creeping bentgrass. Also explains technical procedures of turfgrass transformation, and discusses progress made in the area, specifically with tall fescue, perennial ryegrass, and bermudagrass transformation. |
Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
Note: | Pictures, color Reprint appears in Turf Tales Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 3&4, 2001, page 12-13 |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Qu, R. 2001. Genetically altered grasses: Have we made any progress?. N.C. Turfgrass. 19(1):p. 40-42. |
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