Induction and growth characteristics of embryogenic avocado cultures

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-29

  Witjaksono, ^a   Litz, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Induction; Maintenance; Persea americana; Somatic embryo

Indexed keywords

AUXIN; AVOCADO; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENOTYPE; HYBRID; INOSITOL; PICLORAM; RACE; SALT; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; SUCROSE; SUSPENSION CELL CULTURE; THIAMINE; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0033505452     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006370912755     Document Type: Article

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