Water relations parameters and tissue development in somatic and zygotic embryos of three pinaceous conifers

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 992-996

  Dumont Béboux, Nicole ^a   Mazari, Alicia ^b   Livingston, Nigel J ^a   Von Aderkas, Patrick ^a   Becwar, Michael R ^c   Percy, Robin E ^b   Pond, Sharon E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b CANTEST Ltd   (Canada)

^c MeadWestvaco Corporation   (United States)

^d LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

developmental stages; loblolly pine; Pinaceae; somatic embryogenesis; water relations parameters; western larch; white spruce; zygotic embryo

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029800216     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2445987     Document Type: Article

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