Imbibition of white spruce seeds and somatic embryos: A study of morphological changes in an environmental scanning electron microscope and potassium leakage

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 303-308

  Reid, Daryl A ^a   Lott, John N A ^a   Attree, Stephen M ^b,c   Fowke, Larry C ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c Pac Regeneration Technologies Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption; Element loss; Picea glauca; Surface structure; Tissue cultured embryos; Zygotic embryos

Indexed keywords

PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 0032860759     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11627-999-0039-4     Document Type: Article

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