Brassinolide improves embryogenic tissue initiation in conifers and rice

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 96-104

  Pullman, G S ^a   Zhang, Y ^a   Phan, B H ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassinosteroids; Initiation; Loblolly pine; Pinus taeda; Somatic embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; ETHYLENE; FORESTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; TISSUE;

SOMATIC EMBRYOGENEIS (SE);

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

CHOLESTANOLS; CONIFEROPHYTA; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ORYZA SATIVA; PICEA; PINUS TAEDA; PSEUDOTSUGA; STEROIDS, HETEROCYCLIC;

ABIES; CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS TAEDA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 0141959111     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-003-0674-x     Document Type: Article

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