In vitro germination of embryos for speeding up seedling development in olive breeding programmes

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 69, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 207-215

  Acebedo, M M ^a   Lavee, S ^b   Linan J ^a   Troncoso, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Embryo culture; Olive; Seed germination; Seedling growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030910809     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(97)00004-6     Document Type: Article

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