Developmental status is a critical factor in the selection of excised recalcitrant axes as explants for cryopreservation: A study on Trichilia dregeana Sond.

Seed Science Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 241-248

  Goveia, Meagan ^a   Kioko, Joseph I ^a   Berjak, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Embryonic axis; Recalcitrant seed; Seed development; Seed storage; Shoot production; Trichilia dregeana

Indexed keywords

TRICHILIA;

EID: 3042570171     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/SSR2004173     Document Type: Conference Paper

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