text: Leaf, petiole, stem, hypocotyls, zygotic embryo explants (Ducrocq et al., 1994; Babic et al., 1998; Domı́nguez et al., 2000; Tzfira et al., 1999; Kanrar et al., 2002; Hasunuma et al., 2004; Sigareva et al., 2004) are commonly used in the routine transformation for the production of transgenic…