Hormonal control of inflorescence development in plantlets of calla lily (Zantedeschia spp.) grown in vitro

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-14

  Naor, Vered ^a   Kigel, Jaime ^a   Ziv, Meira ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Benzyladenine; Day neutral plant; Flowering; Geophytes; Gibberellins; Shoot apex; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

HORMONES; TISSUE;

FLOWER INDUCTION; INFLORESCENCE DEVELOPMENT;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CALLA; LILIUM; ZANTEDESCHIA;

EID: 1542320712     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:GROW.0000014889.16196.f7     Document Type: Article

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