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Advances in Transgenic Rice Biotechnology

Hitesh Kathuria Interdisciplinary Center for Plant Genomics and Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India
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Jitender Giri Interdisciplinary Center for Plant Genomics and Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India
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Himani Tyagi Interdisciplinary Center for Plant Genomics and Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India
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Akhilesh K. Tyagi Interdisciplinary Center for Plant Genomics and Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India
Pages 65-103 | Published online: 04 Apr 2007

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