Smoke-saturated water influences somatic embryogenesis using vegetative shoot apices of mature trees of Pinus wallichiana A.B. Jacks

Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-53

  Malabadi, Ravindra B ^a,b   Nataraja, K ^a  

^a KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Apical shoot; Fire; Grass; Himalayan blue pine; Smoke; Somatic embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

CARANGIDAE; PINUS WALLICHIANA; POACEAE;

EID: 34548756617     PISSN: 18164951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jps.2007.45.53     Document Type: Article

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