Improved protocol for Agrobacterium mediated transformation of tomato and production of transgenic plants containing carotenoid biosynthetic gene CsZCD

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 172-175

  Qiu, Dongliang ^a,b   Diretto, Gianfranco ^b   Tavarza, Raffaela ^b   Giuliano, Giovanni ^b  

^a FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Carotenoid; CsZCD; Improved protocol; Tomato transformation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; BACTERIUM; CAROTENOID; CROP PRODUCTION; ENZYME; FRUIT; GENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CROCUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 33847342467     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2006.12.015     Document Type: Article

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