Regeneration dicotyledonous plants

The medicinal plant, ES was used as the model dicotyledonous plant for understanding the embryogenic callus induction and plant regeneration. The factors affecting embryogenic callus induction efficiency and plant regeneration potential would be presented here. 

To date, most examples of plant produced antibodies have been in tobacco. This is simply because it is eaq to transform and rapid to regenerate, and is one of the best studied and mderstood of the plant species. Historically, plants of the dicotyledonous group have been the easiest to transform, using Agrobacterium, consequently most of the early work has been concentrated in these plants. Other examples are Arabidopsis (another model plant), potato, tomato, and soy. More recently, with the development of ballistic bombardment techniques for plant transformation, many other plant species have become amenable to transformation, including important crop plants such as maize, rice, and wheat. The range of plants that could be used as vehicles for antibody production is now close to including all the commercially important crop species. 

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