Application of airlift bioreactors to accelerate genetic transformation in American chestnut

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-50

  Kong, Lisheng ^a,c   Holtz, Christine T ^a   Nairn, Campbell J ^a   Houke, Haley ^a   Powell, William A ^b   Baier, Kathleen ^b   Merkle, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airlift bioreactor; Castanea dentata; Chestnut; Genetic transformation; Somatic embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOREACTORS; FRUITS; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AIR-LIFT BIOREACTORS; CASTANEA DENTATA; CHESTNUT; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS;

TISSUE;

AGROBACTERIUM; CASTANEA DENTATA; CASTANEA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 84897052705     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-013-0418-8     Document Type: Article

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