Field performance of transgenic sugarcane produced using Agrobacterium and biolistics methods

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 411-424

  Joyce, Priya ^a   Hermann, Scott ^a   O'Connell, Anthony ^a   Dinh, Quang ^a   Shumbe, Leonard ^a   Lakshmanan, Prakash ^a  

^a BSES LIMITED   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Agronomic; Biolistic; Field; Sugarcane; Transformation

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AGRICULTURE; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; BIOMASS; CROP; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SUGARCANE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; BIOLISTICS; BIOMASS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SACCHARUM; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84898875072     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12148     Document Type: Article

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