Mass propagation of conifer trees in liquid cultures-progress towards commercialization

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 339-346

  Gupta, Pramod K ^a   Timmis, Roger ^a  

^a WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioreactor; Douglas fir; Manufactured seed; Somatic embryos

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; CLONING; COSTS; NITROGEN; PERSONNEL; SEED;

CLONAL PROPAGATION; CONIFER TREES; EMBRYONAL SUSPENSOR MASSES (ESM); SOMATIC EMBRYOS (SE);

FORESTRY;

CLONES; COSTS; NITROGEN; PERSONNEL; REACTORS; SEEDS; TREES;

ABIES; CONIFEROPHYTA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 17744385383     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-004-6654-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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