Agrobacterium-mediated production of transgenic pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.) expressing the synthetic Bt cry1Ab gene

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-173

  Sharma, Kiran K ^a   Lavanya, M ^a   Anjaiah, V ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciencs; Bt cry1Ab; Cajanus cajan; Insect resistance; Pigeonpea; Shoot regeneration; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CAJANUS CAJAN; INSECTA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 33744471387     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/IVP2005730     Document Type: Article

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