Harvest time and nitrogen source influence in vitro growth of apical buds from Fraser fir seedlings

HortScience

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 125-128

  Bergmann, Ben A ^a   Sun, Ying Hsuan ^a   Stomp, Anne Marie ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abies fraseri; adventitious buds; bud culture; shoot elongation; tissue culture

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ABIES FRASERI;

EID: 0030972838     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.32.1.125     Document Type: Article

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