Advances in Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation with enphasys on soybean

Scientia Agricola

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-106

  De Mello Farias, Paulo Celso ^a   Chaves, Ana Lúcia Soares ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Embryogenic tissue; Glycine max; Green fluorescent protein (GFP); Sonication assisted Agrobacterium mediated transformation (SAAT)

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; ANIMALIA; GLYCINE MAX; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 41149097645     PISSN: 01039016     EISSN: 1678992X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0103-90162008000100014     Document Type: Review

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