A PROCESS FOR OBTAINING TRANSGENIC LEGUMINOUS PLANTS (LEGUMINOSAE) CONTAINING EXOGENOUS DNA

摘要

The present invention refers to a process for producing transgenic leguminous plants containing exogenous DNA, which comprises the steps of introducing exogenous genes into cells of the apical meristem of embryonic axis of leguminous plants by the biobalistic method; inducing multiple shooting of the cells in the apical meristematic region modified in the preceding step by cultivating their embryonic axis in a medium containing a multiple shooting inducer; and selecting the meristematic cells of the apical region, transformed by further cultivation of said embryonic axis in a medium containing a molecule which concentrates in the apical meristematic region of said leguminous plants embryos.