Transformation of Digitaria sanguinalis: A model system for testing maize streak virus resistance in Poaceae

Euphytica

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-31

  Chen, Wusi ^a,b   Lennox, Sandra J ^a   Palmer, Kenneth E ^a,c   Thomson, Jennifer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Digitaria sanguinalis; Maize streak virus; Microprojectile bombardment

Indexed keywords

DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MAIZE STREAK VIRUS;

DIGITARIA SANGUINALIS;

EID: 0031764241     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018659430217     Document Type: Article

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