The effect of light on the induction, development and maturation of somatic embryos from various horticultural and ornamental species

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 461, Issue , 1998, Pages 427-432

  Kintzios, Spiridon E ^a   Hiureas, Giorgos ^a   Shortsianitis, Evangelos ^a   Sereti, Eirini ^a   Blouhos, Peter ^a   Manos, Christos ^a   Makri, Olga ^a   Taravira, Nikolitsa ^a   Drossopoulos, John B ^a   Holevas, Costantinos D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Callus induction; Embryo development; Light intensity; Photoperiod; Somatic embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001708072     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1998.461.49     Document Type: Conference Paper

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