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Genetic transformation of forage crops: comparative barriers, evidence, and emerging strategies

Sep 2026 · Plant Cell Reports · Vol 45 · 0 citations · 109 references
Medicine

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Current progress is best interpreted as the engineering of interacting delivery and regeneration constraints, not as a universal transition to genotype-independent transformation, which is best interpreted as the engineering of interacting delivery and regeneration constraints.

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