Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) somatic embryogenesis: Genetic control and introduction of favourable alleles into elite Argentinean germplasm

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-124

  Moltrasio, Roxana ^a   Robredo, Claudio G ^a,b   Gómez, María Cristina ^a   Díaz Paleo, Antonio H ^a   Díaz, Daniel G ^a   Rios, Raúl D ^a   Franzone, Pascual M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b Estación Experimental Camet   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Gene introgression; Genetic analysis; in vitro regeneration inheritance; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; GENES; GREENHOUSES; PLANTS (BOTANY); TISSUE;

ALLELES; GENOTYPES; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 1842525252     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:TICU.0000016813.94341.7a     Document Type: Article

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