Genetic transformation of pigeonpea with rice chitinase gene

Plant Breeding

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 485-489

  Kumar, S M ^a   Kumar, B K ^a   Sharma, K K ^b   Devi, P ^a  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Cajanus cajan; Rice chitinase gene; Transformation

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CAJANUS CAJAN; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 7544233788     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2004.01028.x     Document Type: Article

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