Agrobacterium-mediated transformation system for the drought and excess light stress-tolerant wild watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-18

  Akashi, Kinya ^a   Morikawa, Kaoru ^a   Yokota, Akiho ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adventitious regeneration; Agrobacterium; Citrullus lanatus; Wild watermelon

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 27644573099     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.22.13     Document Type: Article

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