Indirect somatic embryogenesis from petal explant of endangered wild population of Fritillaria imperialis

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1875-1879

  Mohammadi Dehcheshmeh, Manijeh ^a   Khalighi, Ahmad ^a   Naderi, Roohangiz ^a   Ebrahimie, Esmaeil ^b   Sardari, Manoochehr ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c Agriculture and Natural Resources Research Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bulblet regeneration; Cold pretreatment; Endangered plant; Fritillaria; Petal; Plant conservation

Indexed keywords

FRITILLARIA IMPERIALIS;

EID: 34247228606     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.1875.1879     Document Type: Article

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