Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation in Indian spinach (Beta palonga)

Plant Cell Biotechnology and Molecular Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 193-196

  Gangopadhyay, Gaurab ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Tanoy ^a   Datta, Siraj ^a   Basu, Debabrata ^a   Mukherjee, Kalyan K ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Beta palonga; Genetic transformation; GUS amplification; Hygromycin resistance

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; RHIZOBIUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 0344152833     PISSN: 09722025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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