The use of in vitro culture to improve the propagation of Rhododendron ponticum subsp. baeticum (Boiss. & Reuter)

Central European Journal of Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 297-306

  Cantos, Manuel ^a   Linán, Juana ^a   García, José L ^a   García Linán, María ^a   Domínguez, Miguel A ^a   Troncoso, Antonio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Baeticum; Endangered species; In vitro culture; Propagation; Rhododendron ponticum subsp; Rooting; Seed germination

Indexed keywords

RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON PONTICUM;

EID: 34249085953     PISSN: 1895104X     EISSN: 16443632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11535-007-0018-x     Document Type: Article

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