Agrobacterium tumefaciens-Mediated Genetic Transformation of Cereals Using Immature Embryos

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 710, Issue , 2011, Pages 355-372

  Shrawat, Ashok K ^a   Good, Allen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Cereals; Immature embryos; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CEREAL; CROP; CULTIVAR; EMBRYO; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GREENHOUSE; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIRIDIPLANTAE; ARTICLE; BARLEY; COCULTURE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REGENERATION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; RICE; SEEDLING; WHEAT;

COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HORDEUM; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REGENERATION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEEDLING; SEEDS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRITICUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79957723819     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61737-988-8_24     Document Type: Chapter

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