Agar as a gelling agent: Differential biological effects in vitro

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 109-116

  Scholten, H J ^a   Pierik, R L M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agar brand; Lilium; Micropropagation; Regeneration; Rosa; Sulcorebutia

Indexed keywords

ROSA; SULCOREBUTIA;

EID: 0032582121     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(98)00165-4     Document Type: Article

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