Olive (Olea europaea var. sativa) Transformation

Abstract

A review with 157 refs. Topics discussed include the biol. aspects and key conventional breeding objectives for com. olive prodn.; pests and diseases and the improvement of natural resistance; propagation and regeneration methods; the limitations of conventional and novel genetic improvement techniques; mol. markers; gene identification; transformation methods; genetic transformation in olive; field trials; and the potential application of gene transfer in olive genetic improvement. [on SciFinder(R)]