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Changes in morphological phenotypes and withanolide composition of Ri-transformed roots of Withania somnifera.
Plant cell reports - 1 May 2007
Bandyopadhyay Maumita, Jha Sumita, Tepfer David
Abstract excerpt
Developmental variability was introduced into Withania somnifera using genetic transformation by Agrobacterium rhizogenes, with the aim of changing withasteroid production. Inoculation of W. somnifera with A. rhizogenes strains LBA 9402 and A4 produced typical transformed root lines, transformed callus lines, and rooty callus lines with simultaneous root dedifferentiation and redifferentiation. These...
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