Histology of somatic embryogenesis from floral tissues cocoa

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 187-194

  Alemanno, L ^a   Berthouly, M ^a   Michaux Ferriere N ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

floral tissues; histology; multicellular origin; somatic embryogenesis; unicellular origin

Indexed keywords

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 0030481640     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02307094     Document Type: Article

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