The effects of reduced nitrogenous compounds suggests that glutamine synthetase activity is involved in the development of somatic embryos in carrot

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 109-114

  Higashi, Katsumi ^a   Kamada, Hiroshi ^a   Harada, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Daucus carota L.; somatic embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 0029826508     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00048752     Document Type: Article

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