Rapid and efficient production of transgenic bermudagrass and creeping bentgrass bypassing the callus formation phase

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 769-776

  Wang, Zeng Yu ^a   Ge, Yaxin ^a  

^a PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Agrostis; Bermudagrass; Creeping bentgrass; Cynodon; Forage and turf grass; Genetic transformation; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; GENES; SCREENING; TISSUE;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROSTIS; BERMUDAGRASS; CREEPING BENTGRASS; CYNODON; FORAGE AND TURF GRASS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACTERIA; GENES; PLANT TISSUES; PLANTS; SCREENING;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA; CYNODON; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 26444578280     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP05083     Document Type: Article

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