Cotton is considered as the foremost commercially important fiber crop and is deemed as
the backbone of the textile industry. The productivity of cotton crop, worldwide, is severely …

Key message This work shows that overexpression of the WUS gene from Arabidopsis
enhanced the expression of embryogenic competence and triggered organogenesis from …

Plants producing industrial oils of high quality and low price will facilitate a switch to
vegetable oil-based raw materials from the current petroleum-based in the chemical …

Genetic transformation of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is highly dependent on the ability
to regenerate fertile plants from transgenic cells through somatic embryogenesis. Induction …

Substantial progress is being reported in the techniques for plant transformation, but
successful regeneration of some genotypes remains a challenging step in the attempts to …

Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation approach allows for introducing novel
genes in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). Development of efficient regeneration and …

Cotton (Gossypium spp.) is an important crop known for its commercial significance both as
a fiber and oil yielding cultivar grown in over eighty countries around the world. The crop's …

Background: Launaea taraxacifolia (Willd) Amin Ex. C Jeffrey is an undervalued traditional
leafy vegetable, which is economically important as food and medicine. It also has several …

Severe water shortage has long been acknowledged as one major limiting factor for global
cotton production, and cultivation of cotton varieties with strong drought resistance is of …

Aim: The aim of this study was to develop a protocol for in vitro regeneration of a Nigerian
indigenous pumpkin (C. pepo L.) via seedling-derived cotelydon, cotyledonary node and …