Stable germ line transformation of a leafy vegetable crop amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor L.) mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 114-128

  Pal, Ajantaa ^a,b   Swain, Swasti S ^a   Das, Anath B ^b,c   Mukherjee, Arup K ^b,d   Chand, Pradeep K ^a  

^a UTKAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Regional Plant Resource Centre India   (India)

^c ORISSA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR COTTON RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Amaranthus tricolor; gus intron; NPTII assay; Transgene stability

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; AMARANTHUS TRICOLOR; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 84875463916     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11627-013-9489-9     Document Type: Article

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