Somatic embryogenesis from vegetative shoot apices of mature trees of Pinus patula

Tree Physiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-16

  Malabadi, Ravindra B ^a   Van Staden, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Clonal propagation; Cold pretreatment; Desiccation; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT;

PINUS PATULA;

EID: 11444261269     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/25.1.11     Document Type: Article

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