Genetic improvement of wheat via alien gene transfer, an assessment

Plant Science

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1147-1168

  Sahrawat, Ashok Kumar ^a   Becker, Dirk ^a   Lütticke, Stephanie ^a   Lörz, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alien gene transfer; Genetic engineering; Immature embryos; Plant regeneration; Transgenic wheat; Wheat transformation

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DROUGHT; GENES;

GENETIC TRANSFORMATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGROBACTERIUM; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LILIOPSIDA; RHIZOBIUM; TRANSPOSONS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0141976373     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(03)00323-6     Document Type: Article

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