Induction of in vitro flowering in Capsicum frutescens under the influence of silver nitrate and cobalt chloride and pollen transformation

Electronic Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Sharma, Ashwani ^a   Kumar, Vinod ^a   Giridhar, Parvatam ^a   Ravishankar, Gokare Aswathanarayana ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Capsicum frutescens; Cobalt chloride; In vitro flowering; Pollen transformation; Regeneration; Silver nitrate

Indexed keywords

COBALT COMPOUNDS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANT CELL CULTURE; SILVER COMPOUNDS; TISSUE;

CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS; COBALT CHLORIDE; POLLEN TRANSFORMATION; REGENERATION; SILVER NITRATE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

COBALT CHLORIDE; SILVER NITRATE;

ARTICLE; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLANT; FLOWERING; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PEPPER; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT REGENERATION; POLLEN;

CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS;

EID: 44349135105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 07173458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2225/vol11-issue2-fulltext-8     Document Type: Article

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