Induction of somatic embryos from cultures of Agave vera-cruz Mill.

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 423-428

  Tejavathi, D H ^a   Rajanna, M D ^b   Sowmya, R ^a   Gayathramma, K ^a  

^a BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Agave; Grey aloe of India; In vitro leaf cultures; Somatic embryo

Indexed keywords

AGAVE; ALOE;

EID: 36649030597     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11627-007-9088-8     Document Type: Article

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