Transformation of taro (colocasia esculenta schott) using particle bombardment

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 159-165

  Fukino, Nobuko ^a   Hanada, Kaoru ^b   Ajisaka, Hidetoshi ^c   Sakai, Junichi ^b   Hirochika, Hirohiko ^d   Hirai, Masashi ^a   Hagio, Takashi ^d   Enomoto, Sueo ^d  

^a FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

^c JAPAN TOBACCO INC   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Callus; Gus gene; Hygromycin resistance gene

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034215141     PISSN: 00213551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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