Optimisation of somatic embryogenesis in fourteen cultivars of sweet potato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.]

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 710-714

  Al Mazrooei, S ^a,b   Bhatti, M H ^a   Henshaw, G G ^a   Taylor, N J ^a   Blakesley, D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auxin; Somatic embryogenesis; Sweet potato

Indexed keywords

IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 0030829396     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990050307     Document Type: Article

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