The use of mannose as a selection agent in transformation of the apple rootstock M26 via Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 663, Issue , 2004, Pages 503-506

  Zhu, L H ^a   Li, X Y ^a   Ahlman, A ^a   Xue, Z T ^a   Welander, M ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gibberellin insensitive (gai); Malus; Phosphomannose isomerase (pmi); Regeneration; glucuronidase (gus)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750282897     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.663.89     Document Type: Conference Paper

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