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Genetic Transformation in Tagetes Species (Marigolds) for Thiophene Contents

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Plant Protoplasts and Genetic Engineering V

Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 29))

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Tagetes Linn., commonly known as marigold, (family Asteraceae) is a genus of herbs, native to Mexico and other warmer parts of America and naturalized elsewhere in the tropics and subtropics. Several species are grown in gardens as ornamental plants. Several species included in the family Asteraceae have biologically active natural products. These include the sesquiterpene lactones of which a large number are responsible for allergic contact dermatitis in man, insecticidal isobutylamides and chromenes, carcinogenic pyrrolizidine alkaloids and, above all, the remarkable acetylenes and their sulfur derivatives (Towers and Champagne 1988). The occurrence of a significant proportion of the polyacetylenes and thiophenes found in Asteraceae species have been reported mainly, if not exclusively, from the root tissues (Bohlman et al. 1973).

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  1. Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, USA

    M. Hjortso

  2. Dept. of Biological Sciences, R.J. College, University of Bombay, Bombay, 400086, India

    U. Mukundan

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Hjortso, M., Mukundan, U. (1994). Genetic Transformation in Tagetes Species (Marigolds) for Thiophene Contents. In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Plant Protoplasts and Genetic Engineering V. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 29. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-09366-5_25

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