Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain EHA 105 was used for
transformation. This strain carries recombinant binary vector
plasmid pBinAR in which At-NPR1 gene (KF564649, non-
expressor of PR gene was amplified from Arabidopsis thaliana
ecotype Col-0) was cloned under CaMV-35s promoter and
Octopine synthase (OCS) terminator. pBinAR is based on
pBin-19 which carries the Neomycin phosphotransferase
(nptII) gene, which is a Kanamycin resistance gene acting as
a selectable marker and governed by the Nopaline synthase
(NOS) promoter and the same NOS
terminator [6] (Fig. 1).