A tissue embedding technique for measuring the structure of hairy root mats of Tagetes erecta

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 150-156

  Shin, Won Sik ^a   Hjortso M A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embedding; Hairy Root Mat; Image Analysis; Plant Tissue Culture; Tagetes erecta

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142596604     PISSN: 02561115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02707067     Document Type: Article

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