Petal: A reliable explant for direct bulblet regeneration of endangered wild populations of Fritillaria imperialis L.

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 395-399

  Mohammadi Dehcheshmeh, Manijeh ^a   Khalighi, Ahmad ^a   Naderi, Roohangiz ^a   Sardari, Manoochehr ^b   Ebrahimie, Esmaeil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b Agriculture and Natural Resources Research Center   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Direct regeneration; Endangered plant; Fritillaria; Genotype dependency; Nectar; Plant conservation

Indexed keywords

FRITILLARIA IMPERIALIS;

EID: 42449153819     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-007-0126-2     Document Type: Article

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