Chilli peppers - A review on tissue culture and transgenesis

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-48

  Kothari, S L ^a   Joshi, A ^a   Kachhwaha, S ^a   Ochoa Alejo, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Capsicum annuum; Crop improvement; Micropropagation; Organogenesis; Plant regeneration; Protoplasts; Somatic embryogenesis; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CROP IMPROVEMENT; MICROPROPAGATION; PLANT REGENERATION; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

CELL CULTURE; CROPS; DNA; FORESTRY; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HARVESTING; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; TISSUE CULTURE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

RECOMBINANT DNA;

CROP IMPROVEMENT; DICOTYLEDON; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOTYPE; HARVESTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION;

GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PEPPER; REVIEW; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CAPSICUM; DNA, RECOMBINANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 71249105048     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2009.08.005     Document Type: Review

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