Effect of medium pH on shoot regeneration from the cotyledonary explants of tomato

Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-10

  Bhatia, Poonam ^a   Ashwath, Nanjappa ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lycopersicon esculentum; Micropropagation; Morphogenesis; Multiplication

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CELLS; FRUITS; GROWTH KINETICS; PH; TISSUE CULTURE;

LYCOPERSICON EXCULENTUM; MICROPROPAGATION; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIPLICATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 23044433400     PISSN: 1682296X     EISSN: 16822978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/biotech.2005.7.10     Document Type: Article

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