Use of immature seed germination technique as an alternative to in vitro culture of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) embryos

Euphytica

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-3

  Torresán, Adriana ^a   Kesteloot, Juan ^a   Castaño, Fernando ^a   Rodríguez, Raúl ^a   Colabelli, Mabel ^a  

^a University Agricultural Experiment Station INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

breeding; dormancy; gibberellic acid; Helianthus annuus; in vivo culture; scarified seed; sunflower

Indexed keywords

HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS;

EID: 0029963226     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00035269     Document Type: Article

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