Effect of desiccation to low moisture content on germination, synchronization of root emergence, and plantlet regeneration of black spruce somatic embryos

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 193-200

  Bomal, Claude ^a   Tremblay, Francine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Desiccation tolerance; Drying rate; Germination synchronization; Long term preservation; Picea mariana

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032723307     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006201414616     Document Type: Article

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