An improved selection strategy and the use of acetosyringone in shoot induction medium increase almond transformation efficiency by 100-fold

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 205-209

  Costa, Milene S ^a   Miguel, Célia ^a   Oliveira, M Margarida ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adventitious regeneration; Agrobacterium mediated transformation; Kanamycin resistance; Prunus dulcis; Rosaceae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY;

ADVENTITIOUS REGENERATION; AGROBACTERIUM-MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION; KANAMYCIN RESISTANCE; PRUNUS DULCIS; ROSACEAE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL TESTS; PLANTS; VARIETIES;

AGROBACTERIUM; PRUNUS DULCIS; RHIZOBIUM; ROSACEAE;

EID: 33646511146     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-005-9073-z     Document Type: Article

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