Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of switchgrass

Crop Science

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2080-2087

  Somleva, M N ^a   Tomaszewski, Z ^b   Conger, B V ^a,c  

^a WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Univ of Tennessee ^*  (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; PANICUM; PANICUM VIRGATUM; POACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0036889074     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2002.2080     Document Type: Article

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