Improved in vitro rooting and hyperhydricity in regenerating tissues of Thapsia garganica L.

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-86

  Makunga, Nokwanda P ^a   Jäger, Anna K ^a,b   Van Staden, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Apiaceae; Medicinal plant; Micropropagation; Plantlet quality; Rooting

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); TISSUE;

APIACEAE; MEDICINAL PLANTS; MICROPROPAGATION; PLANTLET QUALITY;

FORESTRY;

CULTURE MEDIA; FORESTRY; PLANTS; ROOTING; TISSUE;

THAPSIA GARGANICA;

EID: 33746075187     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-006-9100-8     Document Type: Article

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