Growth dependence of ovaries of facultatively parthenocarpic eggplant in vitro on indole-3-acetic acid content

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 143-150

  Ikeda, Takashi ^a   Yakushiji, Hiroshi ^b   Oda, Masayuki ^a   Taji, Acram ^c   Imada, Shigeo ^a  

^a FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

2,3,5 Triiodobenzoic acid; Gas chromatography selected ion monitoring mass spectrometry (GC SIM MS); Solanum melongena L.; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 0033605040     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(98)00210-6     Document Type: Article

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