Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of the apple rootstock Malus micromalus Makino with the RolC gene

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 491-497

  Zhang, Zhen ^a   Sun, Aijun ^a   Cong, Yu ^a   Sheng, Bingcheng ^a   Yao, Quanhong ^b   Cheng, Zong Ming ^c  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF EDIBLE FUNGI   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dwarf apple rootstock; Genetic transformation

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; MALUS MICROMALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 34250897969     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/IVP2006812     Document Type: Article

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