Histological changes during direct somatic embryogenesis from immature zygotic embryo explants of Capsicum annuum L. cv. Sweet Banana

Phyton - Annales Rei Botanicae

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 197-206

  Bodhipadma, Kitti ^a   Leung, David W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Capsicum annuum L.; Histology; Pepper; Somatic embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM ANNUUM;

EID: 0041510259     PISSN: 00792047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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