Cell division and cell enlargement during potato tuber formation

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 49, Issue 320, 1998, Pages 573-582

  Xu, Xin ^a,b   Vreugdenhil, Dick ^a   Van Lammeren, André A M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Cell division; Cell enlargement; DNA synthesis; In vitro culture; Potato; Tuber formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031894994     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/49.320.573     Document Type: Article

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