Cryopreservation and plant regeneration from somatic embryos of Pinus patula

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 610-615

  Ford, C S ^a   Jones, N B ^a   Van Staden, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Embryogenic tissue; Pinus patula

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GERMINATION; REGENERATION; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; SORBITOL;

PINUS PATULA;

EID: 0034033654     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990050781     Document Type: Article

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