Somatic embryogenesis from 20 open-pollinated families of Portuguese plus trees of maritime pine

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-130

  Miguel, Célia ^a   Gonçalves, Sónia ^a   Tereso, Susana ^a   Marum, Liliana ^a   Maroco, João ^b   Oliveira, M Margarida ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Breeding; Clonal propagation; Conifer; Pinus pinaster

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH KINETICS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS (SE);

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 0842309398     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:TICU.0000007253.91771.e3     Document Type: Article

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