Pulse treatments of penicillin-G and streptomycin minimise internal infections and have post-treatment effects on the morphogenesis of ginseng root culture

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 531-535

  Teng, W L ^a   Nicholson, L ^a  

^a Hong Kong Biotechnology Education Resource Centre   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adventitious roots; Antibiotics; Callus; In vitro; Panax ginseng; Somatic embryo

Indexed keywords

PANAX GINSENG;

EID: 0030964340     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01142318     Document Type: Article

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