Evaluation of key factors influencing Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of somatic embryos of avocado (Persea americana Mill.)

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 201-211

  Palomo Ríos, Elena ^a   Barceló Muñoz, Araceli ^b   Mercado, José A ^a   Pliego Alfaro, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Genetic transformation; Somatic embryogenesis; Transgenic fruit trees

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM MEDIATED TRANSFORMATIONS; CALLUS GROWTH; CARBENICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CONTROL PLANTS; EMBRYOGENIC CULTURES; EMBRYOGENIC MASS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GERMINATION RATES; IMMATURE ZYGOTIC EMBRYO; KANAMYCIN RESISTANT; KANAMYCINS; KEY FACTORS; LBA4404; PERSEA AMERICANA; SOMATIC EMBRYO; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; SOUTHERN BLOT ANALYSIS; TRANSFORMATION RATES; TRANSGENIC LINES; TRANSGENICS; TUMEFACIENS;

FRUITS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORCHARDS; PLANT CELL CULTURE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; PERSEA AMERICANA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 84859434451     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-011-0086-5     Document Type: Article

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