A preliminary study into the genetic transformation of carrot (daucus carota) using agrobacterium derived vectors

Agrobacterium tumefaciens infection has been used to transform different species of dicotyledonous plants. In this study experiments were carried out leading to a transformation protocol for the carrot (daucus carota). Resistance to the antibiotic kanamycin was transferred into suspension culture cells and root discs by cocultivation with Agrobacterium harbouring a binary vector system.