Production of interspecific somatic hybrid plants between Asparagus officinalis and A. macowanii through electrofusion

Plant Science

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 213-222

  Kunitake, Hisato ^a,d   Nakashima, Toshiki ^a   Mori, Kinya ^a   Tanaka, Masanobu ^a   Saito, Akira ^b   Mii, Masahiro ^c  

^a Saga Prefectural Agricultural Research Center   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asparagus; Asparagus officinalis l; Asparagus. macowanii Bak; Electrofusion; Somatic embryogenesis; Somatic hybridization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012481323     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-9452(96)04389-0     Document Type: Article

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