Genetic transformation of commercial cultivars of oat (Avena sativa L.) and barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) using in vitro shoot meristematic cultures derived from germinated seedlings

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 959-966

  Zhang, S ^a   Cho, M J ^a   Koprek, T ^a   Yun, R ^a   Bregitzer, P ^b   Lemaux, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barley (Hordeum vulgate L.); Oat (Arena sativa L.); Shoot meristematic culture; Transformation; Transgene expression

Indexed keywords

CULTURE MEDIUM; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GERMINATION; HORDEOLUM; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT VARIETY; SHOOT TIP CULTURE;

AVENA SATIVA;

EID: 0032868434     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990050691     Document Type: Article

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