Viability of excised embryos, shoot proliferation and in-vitro flowering in a species of rattan Calamus thwaitesii Becc.

Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 594-601

  Ramanayake, Shantha M S D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; GERMINATION; IN VITRO CULTURE; PLANT GROWTH;

CALAMUS ROTANG; CALAMUS THWAITESII;

EID: 0032822449     PISSN: 14620316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14620316.1999.11511159     Document Type: Article

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