Promotion of androgenesis in rice anther cultures by substitution of sucrose with maltose and mannitol

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 125-128

  Pande, H ^a   Bhojwani, S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Albino plants; Calli; Oryza sativa

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032811901     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002187930087     Document Type: Article

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