Effect of NaCl and CaCl2 on growth and contents of minerals, chlorophyll, proline and sugars in the apple rootstock M 4 cultured in vitro

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 177-180

  Sotiropoulos, T E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; Ion toxicity; Micropropagation

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 33947541221     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-007-0035-7     Document Type: Article

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