Shoot and plantlet regeneration from meristems of Dioscorea rotundata poir and Dioscorea alata L.

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1003-1008

  Adeniyi, O J ^a   Adetimirin, V O ^b   Ingelbrecht, I ^a   Asiedu, R ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Meristems; Phytohormone combinations; Plantlets; Shoots; Yam

Indexed keywords

AUXIN; CYTOKININ; KINETIN; PHYTOHORMONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; MERISTEM; NONHUMAN; PLANT REGENERATION; SHOOT REGENERATION; YAM;

DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA ROTUNDATA; LILIOPSIDA;

EID: 43449137004     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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