In vitro propagation of three Haermanthus species

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 438-440

  Rabe, T ^a   Van Staden, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bulb and leaf explants; Conservation; Haemanthus; Micropropagation; Shoot formation

Indexed keywords

HAEMANTHUS ALBIFLOS; HAEMANTHUS DEFORMIS; HAEMANTHUS HUMILIS;

EID: 0033369439     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0254-6299(15)31038-3     Document Type: Article

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