Production of transgenic maize plants and progeny by bombardment of Hi-II immature embryos

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 179-183

  Songstad, D D ^a,b   Armstrong, C L ^a   Petersen, W L ^a   Hairston, B ^a   Hinchee, M A W ^a  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^b PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Histology; Progeny; Transformation; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030464840     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02822763     Document Type: Article

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