Growth and carbohydrate changes in shoot cultures of Dioscorea species as influenced by photoperiod, exogenous sucrose and cytokinin concentrations

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 241-249

  Chu, Edison Paulo ^a   Figueiredo Ribeiro, Rita De Cássia Leone ^a  

^a Governo do Estado de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

BA; Carbohydrates; Growth; Photoperiod; Proteins; Shoot culture; Sucrose yams

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTIVATION; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; HARVESTING; HORMONES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PROTEINS; SEED; STARCH; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

SHOOT CULTURE;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA BULBIFERA;

EID: 0036718465     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016565500201     Document Type: Article

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