Genetic transformation and regeneration of transgenic plants from precultured cotyledon and hypocotyl explants of Eucalyptus tereticornis Sm. using Agrobacterium tumefaciens

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 429-434

  Prakash, M G ^a,b   Gurumurthi, K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOREST GENETICS AND TREE BREEDING   (India)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Cotyledon; E. tereticornis; Genetic transformation; Hypocotyls

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS TERETICORNIS; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 70449524646     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11627-008-9179-1     Document Type: Article

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