Morpho-histological study on shoot bud regeneration in cotyledon cultures of pepper (Capsicum annuum)

Biologia - Section Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 704-710

  Mezghani, Najla ^a   Jemmali, Ahmed ^b   Elloumi, Nedhra ^b   Gargouri Bouzid, Radhia ^c   Kintzios, Spiros ^d  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^d AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adventitious organogenesis; Cotyledon explant; Histology; Pepper; Protuberances

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM ANNUUM;

EID: 35448996467     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-007-0146-9     Document Type: Article

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