Enhancing carrot somatic embryos survival during slow dehydration, by encapsulation and control of dehydration

Plant Science

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 215-222

  Timbert, R ^a   Barbotin, J N ^a   Thomas, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Daucus carota; Desiccation; Encapsulation; Germination; Somatic embryo; Synthetic seeds

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; GELLAN; KAOLIN; SILICON DIOXIDE; STARCH;

ARTICLE; CARROT; DEHYDRATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENCAPSULATION; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT SEED; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030569207     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(96)04488-3     Document Type: Article

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