Schematic presentation of the introduction of transgenes to elite barley
varieties by crossing and tissue culture. A – Covered panicles of Pongo varieties after
hand-manipulated pollination with pollens of transformed Golden Promise plants.
B – Generating new plants from the cultured embryo after crossing. After crossing,
the immature embryo was cultured on a MS basal medium with hygromycin.
Induction of plants was performed by BA (1 mg l
1
) in the medium. C – Generated
plants with newly introduced genes. A scale bar in B is as indicated.