Metabolic Engineering of Chemical Defence Pathways in Plant Disease Control

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Metabolic Engineering of Chemical Defence Pathways in Plant Disease Control. / Rook, Frederik.

Plant Pathogen Resistance Biotechnology. ed. / David B. Collinge. Wiley-Blackwell, 2016. p. 71-89.

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Harvard

Rook, F 2016, Metabolic Engineering of Chemical Defence Pathways in Plant Disease Control. in DB Collinge (ed.), Plant Pathogen Resistance Biotechnology. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 71-89. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118867716.ch4

APA

Rook, F. (2016). Metabolic Engineering of Chemical Defence Pathways in Plant Disease Control. In D. B. Collinge (Ed.), Plant Pathogen Resistance Biotechnology (pp. 71-89). Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118867716.ch4

Vancouver

Rook F. Metabolic Engineering of Chemical Defence Pathways in Plant Disease Control. In Collinge DB, editor, Plant Pathogen Resistance Biotechnology. Wiley-Blackwell. 2016. p. 71-89 https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118867716.ch4

Author

Rook, Frederik. / Metabolic Engineering of Chemical Defence Pathways in Plant Disease Control. Plant Pathogen Resistance Biotechnology. editor / David B. Collinge. Wiley-Blackwell, 2016. pp. 71-89

Bibtex

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