Somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration of turf-type bermudagrass: Effect of 6-benzyladenine in callus induction medium

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 113-120

  Chaudhury, Ashok ^a,b   Qu, Rongda ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Cynodon dactylon; Cynodon dactylon x Cynodon transvaalensis; Cytokinin; MS medium; Plant tissue culture

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 6 N BENZYLADENINE; CALLUS CULTURE; CULTIVAR; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH RATE; INFLORESCENCE; PLANT GROWTH; REGENERATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS;

CYNODON DACTYLON; CYNODON TRANSVAALENSIS;

EID: 0033854637     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006456005961     Document Type: Article

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