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Numerous techniques have been developed to transfer genes into plants to create genetically engineered crops that can tolerate environmental stresses, and to improve productivity and quality. The search for easier, more efficient techniques to transfer genes continues because the efficiencies of current techniques are low and recovering fertile transgenic plants is difficult and time consuming with some plant species.
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Saunders, J.A., Matthews, B.F. (1995). Pollen Electrotransformation in Tobacco. In: Nickoloff, J.A. (eds) Plant Cell Electroporation and Electrofusion Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology™, vol 55. Springer, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1385/0-89603-328-7:81
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