Genetic transformation in commercial Tasmanian cultivars of opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and movement of transgenicpollen in the field

We report a new transformation protocol for the pharmaceutically important opium poppy, Papaver somniferum L.; the protocol allows transformation for the first time of high yielding commercial cultivars. The method involves Agrobacterium tumefaciens infection of hypocotyl explants, followed by the p...

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