Transformation of recalcitrant melon (Cucumis melo L.) cultivars is facilitated by wounding with carborundum

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-177

  Curuk S ^a,b   Cetiner S ^b,e   Elman, C ^c   Xia, X ^c   Wang, Y ^c   Yeheskel, A ^c   Zilberstein, L ^f   Perl Treves, R ^d   Watad, A A ^c   Gaba, V ^c  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^d BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATES; PRODUCTION; SILVER; VIRUSES;

SILVER NITRATES; TRANSFORMATION EFFICIENCY; TRANSGENIC SHOOTS; VORTEXING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

KANAMYCIN; SILVER NITRATE;

TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BREEDING METHOD; BUDDING; COTYLEDON; CULTIVAR; CULTURE MEDIUM; EXPLANT; FRUIT BREEDING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; IN VITRO PROPAGATION; MELON; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT SEED; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SHOOT REGENERATION; SPECIES CULTIVATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VORTEX MOTION; WOUND;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITA PEPO VAR. MELOPEPO; MELO; ZUCCHINI YELLOW MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 20944441666     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.200520069     Document Type: Article

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