Somatic embryos of Picea abies behave like isolated zygotic embryos in vitro but with greatly reduced physiological vigour

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 176-185

  Bornman, C H ^a   Dickens, O S P ^a   Van Der Merwe, C F ^a   Coetzee, J ^a   Botha, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO; PROPAGATION (HORTICULTURE); SILVICULTURE;

ABIES; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 0042787717     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0254-6299(15)30343-4     Document Type: Article

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