Effects of red light on the growth and morphology of potato plantlets in vitro: Using light emitting diodes (LEDS) as a light source for micropropagation

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 418, Issue , 1997, Pages 169-173

  Miyashita, Yoshie ^a   Kimura, Tomomi ^a   Kitaya, Yoshiaki ^a   Kubota, Chieri ^a   Kozai, Toyoki ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 14244269773     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.1997.418.23     Document Type: Conference Paper

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