METHOD OF INTRODUCTION OF THE WILD AGROBACTERIUM STRAIN, VALIDATION OF THE TRAIT (FEMALE FLOWERS), PERPETUATION OF THE CHARACTER, ADVANTAGES FOR VEGETATIVELY PROPAGATED PLANTS LIKE J. CURCAS

摘要

A method of isolation of a novel wild Agrobacterium strain (to be patented separately) v which was used to transform J. Curcas to produce only female flowers is disclosed. The developed transformed plant is named as NANDAN-18, has high seed yielding capacity with more number of inflorescences per plant, producing only pistillate flowers with altered morphological characters.