Regeneration and Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of two indigenous potato varieties of Bangladesh

Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 69-77

  Sarker, R H ^a   Mustafa, Barkat Murtaja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Genetic transformation; Indigenous; Micropropagation; Potato

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646243314     PISSN: 18173721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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