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Polle, A., Altman, A., Jiang, X. (2006). Towards Genetic Engineering for Drought Tolerance in Trees. In: Fladung, M., Ewald, D. (eds) Tree Transgenesis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-32199-3_13

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