Plant regeneration and Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of cotyledon explants of Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad.

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 888-892

  Dabauza, M ^a   Bordas, M ^a   Salvador, A ^a   Roig, L A ^a   Moreno, V ^a  

^a Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Citrullus colocynthis; Genetic transformation; Plant regeneration; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS;

EID: 0030882183     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990050340     Document Type: Article

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