Formation in vitro of ripe tomato fruits from thin layer explants of flower pedicels

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 191-199

  Kaur Sawhney, Ravindar ^a   Applewhite, Philip B ^a   Galston, Arthur W ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flower buds; In vitro; Lycopersicon esculentum; Pedicel explants; Ripe fruits

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004875211     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00024382     Document Type: Article

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