In vitro pollen functionality of attacin-transgenic "Royal Gala" apple plants and apples transformed with 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid synthase (ACS)-antisense vector

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 778-783

  Ko, K ^a,b   Brown, S K ^a   Norelli, J L ^a,c   Hrazdina, G ^a   Aldwinckle, H S ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethylene; Fire blight; Germination; Somaclonal variation; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 78650412185     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2010.506983     Document Type: Article

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