In vitro induction of tetraploid plants from a diploid Japanese pear cultivar (Pyrus pyrifolia N. cv. Hosui)

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 282-286

  Kadota, M ^a,b   Niimi, Y ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Toyama Agric Mutual Relief Assoc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colchicine; Flow cytometry; Mixoploid; Polyploidy breeding

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; GREENHOUSES;

SHOOT PROLIFERATION MEDIUM (SPM);

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EMBRYOPHYTA; PYRUS COMMUNIS; PYRUS PYRIFOLIA;

EID: 0036923479     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-002-0509-1     Document Type: Article

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