In vitro cultivation of bryophytes: A review of practicalities, problems, progress and promise

Journal of Bryology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-20

  Duckett, Jeffrey G ^a   Burch, Jane ^b   Fletcher, Paul W ^a   Matcham, Howard W ^c   Read, David J ^d   Russell, Angela J ^a   Pressel, Silvia ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^c 21 Temple Bar ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Endangered species; Ex situ conservation; Fungal associations; New taxonomic characters; Protonemata

Indexed keywords

ANDREAEA; ANEURA PINGUIS; ANTHOCEROTOPHYTA; ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA; BRYALES; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; BUXBAUMIA; BUXBAUMIA VIRIDIS; CALYMPERES; CEPHALOZIA; CEPHALOZIA BICUSPIDATA; CEPHALOZIACEAE; CRYPTOTHALLUS; CYANOBACTERIA; DICRANALES; DITRICHUM; DITRICHUM CORNUBICUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; EPHEMERUM; ERICACEAE; FUNGI; GLOMUS; JUNGERMANNIALES; JUNGERMANNIOPSIDA; LEPIDOZIACEAE; LEPTODONTIUM FLEXIFOLIUM; MARCHANTIOPHYTA; MNIACEA JUNGERMANNIAE; NOSTOC; OEDIPODIUM; POLYTRICHALES; POTTIALES; PTERIDOPHYTA; SAELANIA GLAUCESCENS; SCHISTOSTEGA; SELIGERIA; SELIGERIA CARNIOLICA; SPLACHNACEAE; SYRRHOPODON; TAYLORIA; TETRAPHIS; WEISSIA; WEISSIA CONTROVERSA; ZYGODON; ZYGODON GRACILIS;

EID: 1842473747     PISSN: 03736687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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