Transformation of the arbuscular mycorrhiza Gigaspora rosea by particle bombardment

Mycological Research

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 497-501

  Forbes, P J ^a   Millam, S ^b   Hooker, J E ^a,c   Harrier, L A ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; CALORIMETRY; DNA TRANSFER; FUNGAL SPORE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TECHNIQUE; MYCORRHIZA; PLASMID VECTOR; PROTOPLAST;

GIGASPORA ROSEA;

EID: 0031843858     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756297005273     Document Type: Article

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