Transformation of cambial tissue in vivo provides an efficient means for induced somatic sector analysis and gene testing in stems of woody plant species

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 629-638

  Van Beveren, Kim S ^a   Spokevicius, Antanas V ^a   Tibbits, Josquin ^a   Wang, Qing ^a   Bossinger, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Cambium; Eucalyptus; in vivo transformation; Pinus; Populus; Secondary growth; Wood formation

Indexed keywords

GENES; GROWTH KINETICS; TISSUE;

AGROBACTERIUM; IN VIVO TRANSFORMATION; SOMATIC TISSUE; TARGET GENE FUNCTION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENE EXPRESSION; PHENOTYPE; STEM; WOODY PLANT;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CAMBIUM; EUCALYPTUS; GENES; GROWTH; PINUS; PLANTS; SECONDARY GROWTH; TISSUE; WOOD;

AGROBACTERIUM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EUCALYPTUS; NICOTIANA; POPULUS; RHIZOBIUM; ZINNIA ELEGANS;

EID: 33745698776     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP06057     Document Type: Article

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