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Method for hull-less barley transformation and manipulation of grain mixed-linkage beta-glucan.
Journal of integrative plant biology - 1 May 2018
Lim Wai Li, Collins Helen M, Singh Rohan R, Kibble Natalie A J, Yap Kuok, Taylor Jillian, Fincher Geoffrey B, Burton Rachel A
Abstract excerpt
Hull-less barley is increasingly offering scope for breeding grains with improved characteristics for human nutrition; however, recalcitrance of hull-less cultivars to transformation has limited the use of these varieties. To overcome this limitation, we sought to develop an effective transformation system for hull-less barley using the cultivar Torrens. Torrens yielded a transformation efficiency of 1.8%, using...
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