Mutant acetolactate synthase gene conferring resistance to the herbicide 'imazethapyr' is an efficient in vitro selection marker for genetic transformation of cotton

Current Science

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1454-1458

  Rawat, Preeti ^a   Ray, Krishna ^a   Pental, Deepak ^a   Burma, Pradeep Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Acetolactate synthase; Genetic transformation; Gossypium hirsutum; Imazethapyr; Shoot cultures

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 57349118511     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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