Fertile transgenic pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] plants recovered through microprojectile bombardment and phosphinothricin selection of apical meristem-, inflorescence-, and immature embryo-derived embryogenic tissues

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 999-1009

  Goldman, J J ^b   Hanna, W W ^b   Fleming, G ^a   Ozias Akins, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

GFP; Herbicide resistance; Pearl millet; Phosphinothricin; Transformation

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENE TRANSFER; HERBICIDES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TISSUE;

TRANSFORMED CELLS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; BIOLISTICS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FERTILITY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HERBICIDES; HEREDITY; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PENNISETUM; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REGENERATION; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EMBRYOPHYTA; PENNISETUM; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM;

EID: 0038304914     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-003-0615-8     Document Type: Article

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