Plantlet production from the male inflorescence tips of Musa acuminata cultivars from South India

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 333-338

  Resmi, L ^a   Nair, Ashalatha S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

6 Benzyl adenine; Apical meristem; In vitro regeneration; Multiple shoots; Musa acuminata cv Red; Musa acuminata cv Sannachenkadali

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; HORMONES;

APICAL MERISTEM; IN VITRO REGENERATION; MULTIPLE SHOOTS; MUSA ACUMINATA CV RED;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ADENINE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EXPLANTS; PLANTS; SHOOTS; VARIETIES;

MUSA; MUSA ACUMINATA;

EID: 33847383381     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-007-9206-7     Document Type: Article

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