Direct plantlet regeneration from male inflorescences of medicinal yam (Dioscorea floribunda Mart. & Gal.)

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 183-185

  Borthakur, M ^a   Singh, R S ^a  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Dioscorea; Diosgenin; Direct shoot regeneration; Male inflorescences; Medicinal yam

Indexed keywords

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA FLORIBUNDA;

EID: 0036247790     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/IVP2001283     Document Type: Article

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