This work was supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (No. 30370889);the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University of China (No. IRT0453);Beijing Agricultural Innovative Platform-Beijing Natural Science Fund Program;the National High-tech R&D Program of China (No. 2006 AA100103);the National Key Technolo-gies R&D Program (No. 2006 BAD01A03);the Program of the National Ministry of Agriculture (No. 2003-Q03)
Ten-maize inbred lines of maize (Zea mays L.) with high-induction rate and proliferation ability of embryonic calli were selected from 70-maize inbred lines by immature embryo culturing. Some of the embryonic calli ...