The disadvantaged embryo

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 560, Issue , 2001, Pages 369-372

  C h Bornman, ^a   O s p Dickens, ^b   A M Botha, ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conifer; Gymnosperm; Megagametophyte; Norway spruce; Picea abies; Somatic embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 0010576849     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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