Transgenic spinach plants produced by Agrobacterium-mediated method based on the low temperature-dependent high plant regeneration ability of leaf explants

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 243-248

  Chin, Dong Poh ^a   Bao, Jin Hua ^a   Mii, Masahiro ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Genetic transformation; Plant regeneration; Spinach; Spinacia oleracea

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; RHIZOBIUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 67149139628     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.26.243     Document Type: Article

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