assamica, using leaves infected by Agrobacterium rhizogenes strain LBA9402, harboring
binary vector (pART27 and pBI121) carrying β-glucuronidase (gus) as reporter gene and
neomycin phosphotransferase (nptII) as selection marker. The transformed hairy roots were
grown in phytohormone free MS media in the presence of kanamycin 50 µg/ml. The
incorporation and expression of foreign genes were checked by initial gus assay followed by …