Ammonium nitrate improves direct somatic embryogenesis and biolistic transformation of Triticum aestivum

New Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 44-52

  Greer, Michael S ^a,b   Kovalchuk, Igor ^a   Eudes, Francois ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonium nitrate; Biolistic transformation; Direct somatic embryogenesis; Transformation efficiency; Transgenic plant; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; TRANSFORMATION EFFICIENCY; TRANSGENIC PLANTS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

NITRATES; PLANT CELL CULTURE; TISSUE CULTURE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

AMMONIUM NITRATE;

ARTICLE; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WHEAT;

BIOLISTICS; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REGENERATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEEDLING; SEEDS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRITICUM;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 71749097836     PISSN: 18716784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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