| New techniques for transforming plants
are constantly being developed. A vacuum infiltration technique
recently developed is used to increase transformation efficiency.
The plant and Agrobacterium culture are exposed to low atmospheric
pressure thus aiding the infiltration of Agrobacterium into the
plant tissue. The natural infection mechanism of plant viruses
and transposons (transposable DNA elements) are
also being exploited to produce gmo's (genetically modified organisms).
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The transposon activity in maize is
responsible for the difference
in pigmentation
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