Liquid medium and liquid overlays improve embryogenic tissue initiation in conifers

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 873-887

  Pullman, Gerald S ^a   Skryabina, Anna ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conifer; Double phase; Embryogenic tissue initiation; Liquid medium; Liquid over solid; Medium overlays; Pinus taeda; Somatic embryogenesis; Two phase

Indexed keywords

HORMONES; NUTRIENTS; PH EFFECTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE;

CROSS POLLINATION; EMBRYOGENIC TISSUE INITIATION; GELLING; MEGAGAMETOPHYTES; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS (SE);

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS TAEDA;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; LOBLOLLY PINE; METHODOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPRUCE; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE;

CULTURE MEDIA; PICEA; PINUS TAEDA; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 34548410976     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-006-0296-1     Document Type: Article

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