Improved Norway spruce somatic embryo development through the use of abscisic acid combined with activated carbon

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 271-279

  Pullman, G S ^a,b   Gupta, P K ^a   Timmis, R ^a   Carpenter, C ^a   Kreitinger, M ^a   Welty, E ^a  

^a WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Charcoal; Conifer; Somatic embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHARCOAL; CLONING; GROWTH KINETICS; SEED;

EPICAL REGIONS; EPICOTYL DEVELOPMENT; MATURATION; SOMATIC SEEDLINGS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABSCISIC ACID; CHARCOAL;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEEDLING; SPRUCE;

ABSCISIC ACID; CHARCOAL; GENOTYPE; GERMINATION; PICEA; SEEDLING;

ABSCISIC ACID; ACTIVATED CARBON; CHARCOAL; CLONES; GROWTH; PLANTS; SEEDLINGS; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 18144392277     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-005-0933-0     Document Type: Article

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