Frequency improvement of somatic embryogenesis at high embryo density by partial replacement of medium in carrot suspension cultures

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 275-278

  Osuga, Koichi ^a   Kamada, Hiroshi ^b   Komamine, Atsushi ^c  

^a MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial seed; Conditioning factor(s); Daucus carota; Medium replacement; Micropropagation; Somatic embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); PLANT CELL CULTURE; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

DAUCUS CAROTA; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CARROT; CELL DENSITY; CELL SUSPENSION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; SOMATIC CELL; TORPEDO;

DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 0030702101     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(97)82070-3     Document Type: Article

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