Secondary somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration in myrtle (Myrtus communis L.)

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 325-330

  Parra, R ^a   Amo Marco, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Auxins; Cytokinins; Morphogenesis; Myrtus communis L.; Somatic embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

PLANT GROWTH; PLANT REGENERATION; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS;

MYRTUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0032465244     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990050580     Document Type: Article

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