Transgenic sorghum plants obtained after microprojectile bombardment of immature inflorescences

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 92-100

  Casas, Ana M ^a   Kononowicz, Andrzej K ^b,c   Haan, Theresa G ^b   Zhang, Lanying ^b,d   Tomes, Dwight T ^e   Bressan, Ray A ^b   Hasegawa, Paul M ^b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^d SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^e PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Biolistic; Florets; Sorghum bicolor; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

BIALAPHOS; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENETIC MANIPULATION; INFLORESCENCE; PLANT GENETICS; REGENERATION; TISSUE CULTURE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 0031432835     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11627-997-0003-0     Document Type: Article

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