Genetically engineering plants using agrobacterium, Robert Horsch

Interviewee: Robert Horsch. Robert Horsch talks about agrobacterium as a ready-made delivery system for getting foreign DNA into plants. (DNAi Location: Manipulation > Techniques > Transferring & storing > Interviews > Bacterial transfer)

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