Efficient plant regeneration via direct organogenesis and Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated genetic transformation of Picrorhiza kurroa: An endangered medicinal herb of the alpine Himalayas

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 295-303

  Bhat, Wajid Waheed ^a   Lattoo, Surrinder K ^a   Rana, Satiander ^a   Razdan, Sumeer ^a   Dhar, Niha ^a   Dhar, Rekha S ^a   Vishwakarma, Ram A ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

Author keywords

Acetosyringone; Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Genetic transformation; Organogenesis; Picrorhiza kurroa; Picrosides

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; PICRORHIZA KURROOA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 84862490391     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11627-012-9434-3     Document Type: Article

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