Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of alfalfa (Medicago sativa) using a synthetic cry3a gene to enhance resistance against alfalfa weevil

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 227-235

  Tohidfar, Masoud ^a   Zare, Naser ^a   Jouzani, Gholamreza Salehi ^a   Eftekhari, Seide Maryam ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF IRAN ABRII   (Iran)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Alfalfa weevil; cry3a; Hypera postica; Transgenic alfalfa

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; GENES; SEED;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ALFALFA WEEVIL; CRY3A; HYPERA POSTICA; TRANSGENIC ALFALFAS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; HEXAPODA; HYPERA POSTICA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 84876170178     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-012-0262-2     Document Type: Article

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