Improved vectors for Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of monocot plants

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 461, Issue , 1998, Pages 401-407

  Wang, Ming Bo ^a   Li, Zhong Yi ^a   Matthews, Peter R ^a   Upadhyaya, Narayana M ^b   Waterhouse, Peter M ^b  

^a Cooperative Research Centre for Plant Science ^*  (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barley; Hygromycin resistance; Intron insertion; Monocot transformation; Rice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879497151     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.1998.461.46     Document Type: Conference Paper

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