Morphology, growth, and rhizome development of Vaccinium angustifolium Ait. seedlings, rooted softwood cuttings, and micropropagated plantlets

HortScience

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 738-741

  Morrison, Sharon ^a   Smagula, John M ^a   Litten, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lowbush blueberry; Propagation; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

CUTTING; CYTOKININ; DRY WEIGHT; MICROPROPAGATION; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; RHIZOME; ROOTING; SOFTWOOD CUTTING; STEM;

VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM;

EID: 0033930070     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.35.4.738     Document Type: Article

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