Abstract
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is one of the most important bioenergy crops for lignocellulose ethanol production. Molecular breeding provides a powerful tool to supplement conventional switchgrass breeding by introducing or editing genes of interest. In this chapter, we describe Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation protocols for lowland tetraploid switchgrass cultivar Alamo.
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Chen, Q., Song, GQ. (2019). Protocol for Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation and Transgenic Plant Production of Switchgrass. In: Kumar, S., Barone, P., Smith, M. (eds) Transgenic Plants. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1864. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-8778-8_8
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