Cyanogenesis in somatic embryos and plantlets of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1071-1074

  Joseph, Tessy ^a   Yeoh, Hock Hin ^a   Loh, Chiang Shiong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cassava; Cyanogenic potential; Linamarase; Linamarin; Plant regeneration; Secondary somatic embryos

Indexed keywords

CALLUS CULTURE; CYANOGENESIS; PLANT GROWTH; REGENERATION; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 0033003642     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(199906)79:8<1071::AID-JSFA323>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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