Callus formation in anther culture of tea clones, camellia sinensis (L.) O.Kuntze

Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 165-175

  Seran, Thayamini H ^a   Hirimburegama, Kshanika ^b   Hirimburegama, W K ^b   Shanmugarajah, V ^c  

^a Eastern University

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c TEA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Anther culture; Callus; Haploid production; Microspores; Tea clones

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548263286     PISSN: 13914588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4038/jnsfsr.v27i3.3057     Document Type: Article

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