In vitro regeneration of castor (Ricinus Communis L.) using cotyledon explants

HortScience

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 215-219

  Ahn, Yeh Jin ^a,b   Chen, Grace Qianhong ^a  

^a WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Sangmyung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adventitious shoot; Castor; Dark preconditioning; Oilseed; Organogenesis; Regeneration; Thidiazuron; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH KINETICS; SEED; TISSUE CULTURE;

ADVENTITIOUS SHOOT; DARK PRECONDITIONING; OILSEED; ORGANOGENESIS; PLANTLETS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

RICINUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 38049096033     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.43.1.215     Document Type: Article

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