Mass propagation of conifer trees in liquid cultures - Progress towards commercialization

Liquid Culture Systems for in vitro Plant Propagation

Volumn 9781402031991, Issue , 2005, Pages 389-402

  Gupta, Pramod K ^a   Timmis, Roger ^a  

^a WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioreactor; Douglas fir; Manufactured seed; Somatic embryos

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846527953     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3200-5_30     Document Type: Chapter

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