Effect of gelling agents on in vitro multiplication of two ornamental plants

Biologia - Section Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 409-411

  Nestakova, Marcela ^a   Havrlentová, Michaela ^a   Faragó, Juraj ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PLANT PRODUCTION   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Agar; Gladiolus; Micropropagation; Miniature rose; Phytagel

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042041385     PISSN: 13356372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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