Sucrose level influences micropropagation and gene delivery into leaves from in vitro propagated highbush blueberry shoots

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 255-259

  Cao, Xiaoling ^a   Fordham, Ingrid ^a   Douglass, Larry ^b   Hammerschlag, Freddi ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Ericaceae; Genetic engineering; GUS expression; Micropropagation; Vaccinium corymbosum

Indexed keywords

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; SUGAR (SUCROSE); TISSUE;

CULTIVARS; EXPLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERICACEAE; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM;

EID: 0142102587     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025856404937     Document Type: Article

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