Improvement of the maturation and germination of horse chestnut somatic embryos

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-29

  Capuana, Maurizio ^a   Debergh, Pierre C ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Aesculus hippocastanum; Desiccation; Polyethylene glycol

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030964264     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005890826431     Document Type: Article

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