Development of Biotech Crops in China

Plant Biotechnology: Current and Future Applications of Genetically Modified Crops

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 53-67

  Xue, Qingzhong ^a   Zhang, Xianyin ^a   Zhang, Yuhua ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium mediated transformation; Biotech crops in China; Oilseed rape agrobacterium mediated transformation system; PEG mediated protoplast transformation; Pollen tube pathway; Selection marker genes and selective agents; Tobacco transgenic research; Transgenic cotton in China; Transgenic tobacco

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649510545     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470021837.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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