Open AccessIn vitro regeneration and Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated genetic transformation in asakura-sanshoo (Zanthoxylum piperitum (L.) DC. F. inerme Makino) an important medicinal plant
Author(s) -
Xiaofang Zeng,
Degang Zhao
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
pharmacognosy magazine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-4062
pISSN - 0973-1296
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1296.153092
Subject(s) - agrobacterium tumefaciens , kanamycin , transformation (genetics) , biology , petiole (insect anatomy) , agrobacterium , explant culture , botany , transformation efficiency , genetically modified crops , horticulture , gene , transgene , in vitro , genetics , hymenoptera
Asakura-sanshoo (Zanthoxylum piperitum [L.] DC. f. inerme Makino) is an important medicinal plant in East Asia. Transgenic technique could be applied to improve plant traits and analyze gene function. However, there is no report on regeneration and genetic transformation in Asakura-sanshoo.