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Transgenic Crops VI

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This chapter describes the history of the development of soybean regeneration and transformation techniques and protocols, beginning from the 1970s. Techniques are described for the regeneration of soybean plants from cell cultures through somatic embryogenesis or shoot organogenesis from apical and axillary meristematic cells. Also presented are transformation methods and improvements that combine various regeneration techniques with DNA delivery methods, including Agrobacterium tumefaciens, particle bombardment, and electroporation-mediated gene transfer. Key publications in each area of research are given to exemplify the critical factors and advances in the technologies and the progression of ideas that have created current protocols used across laboratories today.

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    Michael R. Davey

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(2007). Soybean. In: Pua, EC., Davey, M. (eds) Transgenic Crops VI. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 61. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71711-9_1

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