Efficient regeneration of Vanda coerulea, an endangered orchid using thidiazuron

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 289-293

  Malabadi, Ravindra B ^a   Mulgund, Gangadhar S ^a   Nataraja, K ^a  

^a KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Blue Vanda; Conservation; Epiphytic orchid; Shoot regeneration

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; GROWTH KINETICS; TISSUE CULTURE;

SHOOT REGENERATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ORCHIDACEAE; VANDA;

EID: 0842287715     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:TICU.0000009255.69476.b7     Document Type: Article

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