Transgenic peppermint (Mentha x piperita L.) plants obtained by cocultivation with Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 165-171

  Niu, X ^a   Lin, K ^a   Hasegawa, P M ^a   Bressan, R A ^a   Weller, S C ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; GUS; Peppermint; Transformation; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; MENTHA;

EID: 0031889624     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990050372     Document Type: Article

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