Shoot regeneration and somatic embryogenesis from different explants of Brahmi [Bacopa monniera (L.) Wettst.]

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 6-7, 1998, Pages 538-543

  Tiwari, V ^a   Singh, B Deo ^a   Tiwari, K Nath ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Government Arvind College   (India)

Author keywords

Bacopa monniera; Brahmi; Shoot regeneration; Somatic embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 6 N BENZYLADENINE; CALLUS CULTURE; GERMINATION; KINETIN; MURASHIGE BASAL MEDIUM; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; REGENERATION; SHOOT TIP CULTURE; SKOOG BASAL MEDIUM; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; TRANSPLANTATION;

BACOPA MONNIERA;

EID: 0031960561     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990050438     Document Type: Article

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