Somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration from immature embryo cultures of onion (Allium cepa L.)

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 111-116

  Eady, C C ^a   Butler, R C ^a   Suo, Y ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Somatic embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

AUXIN; CULTIVAR; CULTURE MEDIUM; ONION; PLANT REGENERATION; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS;

EID: 0032406507     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990050541     Document Type: Article

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