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High-throughput Agrobacterium-mediated barley transformation Joanne G Bartlett1, Sílvia C Alves2, Mark Smedley1, John W Snape1 and Wendy A Harwood*1 Address: 1Department of Crop Genetics, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK and 2Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK Email: Joanne G Bartlett -
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Published: 26 September 2008 Plant Methods 2008, 4:22
doi:10.1186/1746-4811-4-22
Received: 15 August 2008 Accepted: 26 September 2008
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Abstract Background: Plant transformation is an invaluable tool for basic plant research, as well as a useful technique for the direct improvement of commercial crops. Barley (Hordeum vulgare) is the fourth most abundant cereal crop in the world. It also provides a useful model for the study of wheat, which has a larger and more complex genome. Most existing barley transformation methodologies are either complex or have low (