Leaf color stability during plant development as an index of leaf color variation among micropropagated Caladium

HortScience

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 328-332

  Ahmed, Eakhlas U ^a   Hayashi, Takahiro ^a   Yazawa, Susumu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Leaf color variants; Micropropagation; Stability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; COLOR; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TISSUE;

COLOR VARIANTS; DEVELOPMENTAL PATTERNS; LEAF COLOR; PLANT DEVELOPMENT;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CALADIUM; CALADIUM HORTULANUM;

EID: 2042491267     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.39.2.328     Document Type: Article

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