Ex situ conservation of tropical rain forest seed: Problems and perspectives

Interciencia

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 293-298

  Vázquez Yanes, Carlos ^a,b   Aréchiga, Mariana Rojas ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Orthodox seeds; Plant propagation; Plant tissue culture; Recalcitrant seeds; Seed longevity; Seed storage; Seed viability; Somatic embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000578633     PISSN: 03781844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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