No more recalcitrant: Chickpea regeneration and genetic transformation

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 782-797

  Anwar, Firoz ^b   Sharmila, P ^a   Pardha Saradhi, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

(IBA); Aeration; Cicer arietinum L; Efficient rooting; Indole butyric acid; TDZ; Transformation; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC STRESS; CALLUS; CHICKPEA; DNA TRANSFER; EXPLANT; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH REGULATION; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PROTOPLAST CULTURE; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CICER ARIETINUM;

EID: 77249169330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb2010.000-3009     Document Type: Review

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