A two-step pretreatment significantly enhances shoot organogenesis from leaf explants of highbush blueberry cv. Bluecrop

HortScience

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 819-821

  Cao, Xiaoling ^a   Hammerschlag, Freddi A ^a   Douglass, Larry ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ericaceae; Shoot regeneration; Thidiazuron; Tissue culture; Vaccinium corymbosum

Indexed keywords

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; TISSUE CULTURE; UREA;

ORGANOGENESIS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ERICACEAE; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM;

EID: 0036694313     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.37.5.819     Document Type: Article

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