Production of engineered long-life and male sterile Pelargonium plants

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  García Sogo, Begoña ^a   Pineda, Benito ^a   Roque, Edelín ^a   Antón, Teresa ^a   Atarés, Alejandro ^a   Borja, Marisé ^b,c   Beltrán, José P ^a   Moreno, Vicente ^a   Cañas, Luis A ^a  

^a Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

^b BIOMIVA SL   (Spain)

^c Plant Response Biotech S L Parque Científico Tecnológico Montegancedo   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anther ablation; Barnase; Biosafe ornamentals; Delayed senescence; Engineered long lived plants; Engineered male sterility; ipt gene; Pelargonium peltatum; Pelargonium zonale; pSAG12 promoter; PsEND1 promoter

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PELARGONIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT INFERTILITY; PLANT LEAF; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; FLOWERS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METHODS; PELARGONIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT INFERTILITY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS TECHNIQUES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RIBONUCLEASES; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM PELTATUM; PELARGONIUM ZONALE;

EID: 84865568482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-12-156     Document Type: Article

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