Enhanced seed germination and seedling growth of Tillandsia Eizii in vitro

HortScience

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 101-104

  Pickens, Kimberly A ^a   Affolter, James M ^a   Wetzstein, Hazel Y ^a   Wolf, Jan H D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bromeliaceae; Bromeliad; Conservation; Pine oak forest; Tillandsioideae

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; SEED; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

SEED GERMINATION;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

ABIES; BROMELIACEAE; QUERCUS; SEQUOIA SEMPERVIRENS; TILLANDSIA; TILLANDSIA EIZII;

EID: 0037294236     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.38.1.101     Document Type: Article

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