Acetylcholine causes rooting in leaf explants of in vitro raised tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Miller) seedlings

Life Sciences

Volumn 80, Issue 24-25, 2007, Pages 2393-2396

  Bamel, Kiran ^a   Gupta, Shrish Chandra ^a   Gupta, Rajendra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Acetylcholinesterase; Lycopersicon esculentum; Neostigmine; Non neuronal; Rhizogenesis; Tomato

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE; NEOSTIGMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ARTICLE; EXPLANT; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; ROOT GROWTH; TOMATO;

ACETATES; ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NEOSTIGMINE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; SEEDLING; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

ANIMALIA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PUSA;

EID: 34249278397     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2007.01.039     Document Type: Article

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