In vitro culture and temporary immersion bioreactor production of Crescentia cujete

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-68

  Murch, Susan J ^a   Liu, Chunzhao ^b   Romero, Rosaura M ^c,d   Saxena, Praveen K ^e  

^a NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE BIODIVERSIDAD   (Costa Rica)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axenic cultures; Calabash tree; Crescentia cujete; Medicinal plant; Temporary immersion bioreactor; Thidiazuron

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; GROWTH KINETICS; OPTIMIZATION; PLANT CELL CULTURE;

IMMERSION BIOREACTORS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CRESCENTIA; CRESCENTIA CUJETE; CRESCENTIA PORTORICENSIS;

EID: 1842787426     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:TICU.0000020397.01895.3e     Document Type: Article

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