Does Agrobacterium Infect Monocot?

Unfortunately, the capacity of Agrobacterium to infect monocots is limited to a narrow range of genotypes and the utility of the technique is further limited by the recalcitrance of many genotypes to callus formation and regeneration.

Why does monocot plants are not infected by Agrobacterium?

Agrobacterium is responsive to phenolic compounds such as acetosyringone which are produced when the plant was wounded. ... On the other hand, most monocot plants did not produce the compounds or produced it in a smaller quantity, therefore resulted in the low efficiency of the Agrobacterium attachment.

Does Agrobacterium infect Dicot?

Virulent strains of the soil bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens infect dicotyledonous plants and elicit a profound neoplastic response which results in crown gall formation (18).