Half-embryo cocultivation technique for estimating the susceptibility of pea (Pisum sativum L.) and lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) cultivars to Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - Part B Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 175-179

  Lurquin, Paul F ^a   Cai, Zhonglin ^a   Stiff, Carol M ^a   Fuerst, E Patrick ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Gene transfer; Lentils; Peas; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CULTIVAR; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PEA; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TECHNIQUE;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; LENS CULINARIS; PISUM SATIVUM; SATIVUM;

EID: 0031696093     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02760819     Document Type: Article

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