Histological changes associated with acquisition of competence for shoot regeneration in leaf discs of Saintpaulia ionantha x confusa hybrid (African violet) cultured in vitro

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 421-425

  Lo, K H ^a   Giles, K L ^a   Sawhney, V K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

African violet; Competence; Dedifferentiation; Saintpaulia ionantha

Indexed keywords

SAINTPAULIA CONFUSA; SAINTPAULIA IONANTHA;

EID: 0030898547     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990050252     Document Type: Article

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