Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) using root explants

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 549-554

  Franklin, G ^a,b   Lakshmi Sita, G ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Eggplant; Transformation; Glucuronidase

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; FRUITS; GENES;

ROOT EXPLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CULTIVATION; FRUITS; GENES; PLANTS;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; MELONGENA; SOLANUM; SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 0037328883     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-002-0546-9     Document Type: Article

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