Ultrastructural changes in cotyledons of pineapple guava (Myrtaceae) during somatic embryogenesis

Annals of Botany

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 513-521

  Canhoto, Jorge M ^a   Mesquita, José F ^a   Cruz, Gil S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Feijoa sellowiana; pineapple guava; somatic embryogenesis; ultrastructural studies

Indexed keywords

ANANAS COMOSUS; FEIJOA; FEIJOA SELLOWIANA; MYRTACEAE; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA;

EID: 0029803220     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1996.0149     Document Type: Article

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