Pinpointing towards improved transformation and regeneration of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)

Plant Science

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-101

  Munyikwa, Tichafa R I ^a   Raemakers, Krit C J M ^a   Schreuder, Marianne ^a   Kok, Rosan ^a   Schippers, Marja ^a   Jacobsen, Evert ^a   Visser, Richard G F ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ADP glucose pyrophosphorylase; Cassava; Friable embryogenic callus; Starch; Luciferase; Manihot esculenta

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHINOTHRICIN;

ARTICLE; CASSAVA; CROP; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLASMID; TRANSGENE;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 0032557926     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(98)00074-0     Document Type: Article

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