High-efficiency and stable genetic transformation of pear (Pyrus communis L.) leaf segments and regeneration of transgenic plants

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 383-390

  Sun, Qingrong ^a,b   Zhao, Yan ^a   Sun, Hongyan ^a,b   Hammond, Rose W ^a   Davis, Robert E ^a   Xin, Li ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fruit Tree Biotechnology Breeding   (China)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; GUS; Pear rootstock; Phloem specific expression

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 79951730683     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-010-0557-z     Document Type: Article

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