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ArticleAoB PLANTS2025

A simple seed-piercing transformation protocol for pearl millet and finger millet.

Mazahar Moin, Wricha Tyagi, Gurijala Sreevarshitha

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Article in AoB PLANTS, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors.

Mazahar MoinResearch Program-Accelerated Crop Improvement (ACI), International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru 502324, Telangana, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0606-8885
Wricha TyagiResearch Program-Accelerated Crop Improvement (ACI), International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru 502324, Telangana, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9625-4870
Gurijala SreevarshithaResearch Program-Accelerated Crop Improvement (ACI), International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru 502324, Telangana, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pearl millet and finger millet face challenges in adopting transgenic or editing approaches due to their inherent recalcitrance to genetic transformation protocols. To overcome these limitations, the current study aims to streamline the genetic transformation protocol for pearl millet and finger millet. We targeted mature embryos as explants to assess transformation efficiencies, gain in time, and overall feasibility. Notably, a transformation efficiency of 17.74% and 18.79%, for pearl millet and finger millet, respectively, was observed using a method that involved directly piercing the mature seeds at the embryonic region with a needle dipped in

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Agrobacterium transformationfinger milletgene editingpearl milletseed-piercing

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PMID40995352
PMCPMC12456579

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