Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of two varieties of jute (Corchorus capsularis L.)

Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-16

  Sarker, R H ^a   Al Amin, G M ^a   Hassan, Fathi ^a,b   Hoque, M I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

GUS expression; Jute; PCR analysis; Transformation

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CORCHORUS; CORCHORUS CAPSULARIS; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 47749094951     PISSN: 18173721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/ptcb.v18i1.3245     Document Type: Article

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