Hairy root culture of Nicotiana tabacum (Tobacco) as a platform for gene manipulation of secondary metabolism

Production of Plant Derived Natural Compounds through Hairy Root Culture

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 145-163

  Kumar, Mahesh ^a   Mitra, Adinpunya ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium rhizogenes; Nicotiana tabacum; Secondary metabolites; Transgenic root culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043538923     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-69769-7_8     Document Type: Chapter

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