High-frequency in vitro flowering in six species of Ceropegia

Journal of Plant Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 374-377

  Nair, Aneesh Kumar ^a   Dilip, Naik Dhiraj ^b   Subhash, Pandit Sagar ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asclepiadaceae; BAP; Biodiversity hotspot; Rare and endemic; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

APOCYNACEAE; CEROPEGIA; CEROPEGIA BULBOSA;

EID: 34547742584     PISSN: 12269239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03030670     Document Type: Article

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