Carbon sources and their osmotic potential in plant tissue culture: Does it matter?

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 193-202

  De Paiva Neto, Vespasiano Borges ^a,b   Otoni, Wagner Campos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b FEAD Minas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calculation reference; Carbohydrate source; Medium pH; Sucrose cleavage

Indexed keywords

HORTICULTURE;

EID: 0037450810     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(02)00231-5     Document Type: Review

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