Agar fractions could protect apple shoots cultured in liquid media against hyperhydricity

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-5

  Marga, Francoise ^a   Vebret, Laurence ^a   Morvan, Henri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

Micropropagation; Oligosaccharides

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030803475     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005832115954     Document Type: Article

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