Objective:
- To develop regeneration protocol in pomegranate for application in generating transgenics, using explants of both mature and juvenile.
- To transform cv Bhagwa with AMP and PFLP genes and study transformation and expression and to test transformants for expression of gene
- To field test the transgenic disease resistant plants and release them in farmers field
PI:
Dr T R Usharani
CO PI:
Dr Leela sahijram
Dr Gopalakrishnan
Achievements:
- Pomegranate regeneration using cotyledonary explants has been standardized and transformation with Ace – AMP1 initiated
- Pomegranate regeneration using petal and leaf explants are in progress.
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