Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.): Tissue culture, genetic transformation and use as an alternative model plant;Berinjela (Solanum melongena L.): cultura de tecidos, transformação genética e uso como planta modelo

Acta Botanica Brasilica

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 139-148

  Magioli, Claudia ^a   Mansur, Elisabeth ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Genetic transformation; Model plant; Solanum melongena L; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987647847     PISSN: 01023306     EISSN: 1677941X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-33062005000100013     Document Type: Article

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