Organogenesis and regeneration from pigmented callus in Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze cv. Nandadevi, an Elite Darjeeling tea clone

Plant Science

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 207-212

  Das, Sudripta ^a   Jha, Timir B ^a   Jha, Sumita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Callus; Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze cv. Nandadevi; Organogenesis; Pigmentation; Tea

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041762621     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(96)04519-0     Document Type: Article

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