A simple and efficient culture of leaflets for plant regeneration in guineagrass (Panicum maximum)

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 63-68

  Chen, Lanzhuang ^a   Okabe, Reiji ^a   Guan, Liming ^a   Adachi, Taiji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apomictic grass; Leaflet culture; Panicum maximum Jacq; Plant regeneration; Scanning electron microscopy; Somatic embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944433522     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.19.63     Document Type: Article

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