Rapid vegetative multiplication in Colocasia esculenta (L) Schott (taro)

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 223-226

  Chand, H ^a   Pearson, M N ^a   Lovell, P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

BA; Benzylaminopurine; Corm; Micropropagation; Sucker; Taro; TDZ; Thidiazuron; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

COLOCASIA ESCULENTA;

EID: 0032318827     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017156112466     Document Type: Article

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