Sex expression in plants regenerated from the root callus of female and male spinach (Spinacia oleracea)

Plant Science

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-40

  Komai, Fuminori ^a   Masuda, Kiyoshi ^a   Ishizaki, Takuma ^a   Harada, Takashi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gibberellic acid; Sex expression; Somatic embryogenesis; Spinacia oleracea; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALLUS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOT; REGENERATION; SPINACH;

SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 0033551779     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(99)00090-4     Document Type: Article

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