Ultrastructural analyses of somatic embryo initiation, development and polarity establishment from mesophyll cells of Dactylis glomerata

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-56

  Vasilenko, A ^a,b   McDaniel, J K ^a   Conger, B V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell division plane; Electron microscopy; Embryo polarity; Orchardgrass; Somatic embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; POACEAE;

EID: 0034033557     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11627-000-0012-8     Document Type: Article

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