Shoot production in squash (Cucurbita pepo) by in vitro organogenesis

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 739-746

  Ananthakrishnan, G ^a,b   Xia, X ^a   Elman, C ^a   Singer, S ^a   Paris, H S ^a   Gal On, A ^a   Gaba, V ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotyledon; Cucurbita pepo; Direct organogenesis; Shoot elongation; Squash

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CULTIVATION; PRODUCTIVITY;

ORGANOGENESIS;

SEED;

CULTIVATION; GIBBERELLIC ACID; PRODUCTIVITY; SEEDLINGS;

CUCURBITA PEPO; PEPO;

EID: 0038664294     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-003-0584-y     Document Type: Article

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