Effects of sealed and vented gaseous microenvironments on the maturation of somatic embryos of black spruce with a special emphasis on ethylene

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 201-209

  El Meskaoui, Abdelmalek ^a   Tremblay, Francine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Ethylene; Oxygen; Picea mariana; Somatic embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032697164     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006202827008     Document Type: Article

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