Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-32

  Vasudevan, A ^a   Selvaraj, N ^b   Ganapathi, A ^c   Choi, C W ^a  

^a PaiChai University   (South Korea)

^b Periyar EVR College (Autonomous)   (India)

^c BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Cotyledon; Cucumber; GUS expression

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; BACTERIA; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGROBACTERIUM; COTYLEDON; CUCUMBER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BACTERIA; GENES; PLANTS; SHOOTS;

AGROBACTERIUM; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 34047134928     PISSN: 15533468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajbbsp.2007.24.32     Document Type: Article

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