Ameliorative effect of cyanobacterial extract on the conversion of somatic embryos to plantlets in banana

Journal of New Seeds

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 37-45

  Srinivas, L ^a   Ganapathi, T R ^a   Suprasanna, P ^a   Iyer, R K ^a   Bapat, V A ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Banana; Cyanobacteria; Plantlets; Somatic embryos

Indexed keywords

ANABAENA; ANACYSTIS; ANACYSTIS NIDULANS; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0036909084     PISSN: 1522886X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J153v04n03_03     Document Type: Article

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