Conservation of Vaccinium cylindraceum smith (Ericaceae) by micropropagation using seedling nodal explants

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-68

  Pereira, Maria João ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Endemic; Ericaceae; Rooting; Shoot multiplication; Tissue culture; Vaccinium cylindraceum

Indexed keywords

ERICACEAE; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CYLINDRACEUM;

EID: 33645514608     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/IVP2005720     Document Type: Article

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