GENETIC MODIFICATION OF PLANTS

摘要

A process for producing genetically modified Eucalyptus plant material comprising one or more stably incorporated DNA sequences of interest, which process comprises subjecting Eucalyptus cells or tissue to Agrobacterium mediated transfer of the DNA sequence(s) of interest, inducing shoot formation in transformed cells or tissue, and selecting transformed plant material, the induction of shoot formation being carried out in the presence of N-(2-chloro-4-pyridyl)-N'-phenylurea or another phenylurea and selection of transformed shoots being carried out, for example, in the presence of geneticin (G-418). The process is particularly useful for the transformation of clonal material derived directly or indirectly from a mature Eucalyptus tree.