In vitro plant regeneration from immature cotyledon explants of macadamia (Macadamia tetraphylla L. Johnson)

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1281-1286

  Mulwa, Richard M S ^a,b   Bhalla, Prem L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Histology; Macadamia; Organogenesis; Somatic embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; FRUITS; HISTOLOGY;

MACADAMIA; ORGANOGENESIS; PLANT REGENERATION;

FORESTRY;

PHYTOHORMONE;

ARTICLE; COTYLEDON; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MACADAMIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REGENERATION;

COTYLEDON; MACADAMIA; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT SHOOTS; REGENERATION;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; BREEDING; FRUITS; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; TREES;

MACADAMIA; MACADAMIA TETRAPHYLLA;

EID: 33751253807     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-006-0182-x     Document Type: Article

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