A new Medicago truncatula line with superior in vitro regeneration, transformation, and symbiotic properties isolated through cell culture selection

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 307-315

  Hoffmann, Beate ^a,b   Trinh, Toan Hanh ^a   Leung, Jeffrey ^a   Kondorosi, Adam ^a   Kondorosi, Eva ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; FABACEAE; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; RADIOBACTER; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0030978161     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1997.10.3.307     Document Type: Article

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