Somaclonal variation in cell suspension culture-derived regenerants of Cymbopogon martinii (Roxb.) Wats var. motia

Plant Breeding

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 351-354

  Patnaik, J ^a   Sahoo, S ^a   Debata, B K ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF MINERALS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Clonal generation; Cymbopogon martinii; Somaclonal variation

Indexed keywords

GENETIC TRAIT; GERANIOL; GERANYL ACETATE; GERANYL FORMATE; LINALOOL; PLANT REGENERATION; SOMOCLONAL VARIATION; SUSPENSION CELL CULTURE;

CYMBOPOGON MARTINII;

EID: 0032860350     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0523.1999.00383.x     Document Type: Article

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