Agrobacterium rhizogenes-mediated induction of adventitious rooting from Pinus contorta hypocotyls and the effect of 5-azacytidine on transgene activity

Transgenic Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 75-85

  Yibrah, Haile S ^a   Grönroos, Roland ^a   Lindroth, Anders ^a   Franzén, Helena ^a   Clapham, David ^a   Von Arnold, Sara ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium rhizogenes; Lodgepole pine; Rooting; Transformation

Indexed keywords

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 0030057931     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01969425     Document Type: Article

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