Type II callus production and plant regeneration in tropical maize genotypes

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-76

  Carvalho, C H S ^a   Bohorova, N ^b   Bordallo, P N ^a   Abreu, L L ^a   Valicente, F H ^a   Bressan, W ^a   Paiva, E ^a  

^a EMBRAPA MILHO E SORGO   (Brazil)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dicamba; Maize; Plant regeneration; Silver nitrate; Type II callus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031417746     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990050355     Document Type: Article

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