Prospects for applications of rol genes for crop improvement

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 207-228

  Van Der Salm, Theo P M ^a   Hänisch Ten Cate, Charlotte H ^a   Dons, Hans J M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

A. tumefaciens; Agrobacterium rhizogenes; Growth; Rol genes; Roots; Transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444450913     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02671656     Document Type: Review

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