Genetic transformation of fruit trees

Genomics of Tree Crops

Volumn 9781461409205, Issue , 2012, Pages 117-153

  Litz, Richard E ^a   Padilla, Guillermo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE PRODUCTOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Breeding; Disease resistance; Embryogenesis; Fruit tree; Genetic transformation; Organogenesis; Pest resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949177438     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0920-5_5     Document Type: Chapter

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