Plant regeneration from embryogenic callus of finger millet Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. on higher concentrations of NH4NO3 as a replacement of NAA in the medium

Plant Science

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 101-106

  Poddar, Kalpana ^a   Vishnoi, R K ^a   Kothari, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Cereal tissue culture; Eleusine coracana; NH4NO3; Plant regeneration; Seed callus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO GROWTH; GROWTH REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT SEED; REGENERATION;

ELEUSINE CORACANA;

EID: 0030829202     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(97)00183-0     Document Type: Article

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