A comparison of in vitro with in vivo flowering in bamboo: Bambusa arundinacea

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 181-188

  Nadgauda, Rajani S ^a   John, C K ^a   Parasharami, V A ^a   Joshi, M S ^a   Mascarenhas, A F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Floral biology; Gregarious flowering; In vitro flowering; Pollen fertility; Seeding

Indexed keywords

BAMBUSA ARUNDINACEA;

EID: 0030751644     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005800700024     Document Type: Article

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