In vitro plantlet regeneration from cotyledons of the tree-legume Leucaena leucocephala

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 279-285

  Saafi, Havila ^a   Borthakur, Dulal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Callus; Leucaena leucocephala; Organogenesis; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ORGANIC ACIDS;

PLANTLET REGENERATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; LEUCOCEPHALA;

EID: 0036873295     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021591212710     Document Type: Article

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