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Production Of Herbicide-Resistant Cowpea (Vigna Unguiculata L.) Transformed With The Bar Gene, Muhammad Aasim, Khalid Mahmood Khawar, Sebahatti̇n Özcan
Production Of Herbicide-Resistant Cowpea (Vigna Unguiculata L.) Transformed With The Bar Gene, Muhammad Aasim, Khalid Mahmood Khawar, Sebahatti̇n Özcan
Turkish Journal of Biology
Plant genetic engineering has opened new avenues to modify crops and has provided a powerful tool for crop improvement. The present study reports the development of regeneration and genetic transformation protocol for the Turkish cowpea cultivar Akkiz. The immature cotyledons were cultured on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium containing 0.25-0.75 mg L^{-1} 6-benzylaminopurine with or without 0.25 mg L^{-1} \alpha-naphthalene acetic acid. Shoot regeneration varied 44.4%-83.3% with 2.1-5.0 shoots per explant. Regenerated shoots were rooted in MS medium containing 0.50 mg L^{-1} indole-3-butyric acid and acclimatized in the greenhouse, where they flowered and set seeds. Immature cotyledons were transformed with …