Adventitious regeneration in root culture of a selection of Pelargonium X hortorum cultivars: An assessment of caulogenic potential and genetic stability

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 530, Issue , 2000, Pages 225-230

  Doyle, B M ^a   Lawton, D K ^a   Cassells, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Micropropagation; TDZ; Thidiazuron; TIBA; Tri iodobenzoic acid

Indexed keywords

PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM X HORTORUM;

EID: 4944243788     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2000.530.26     Document Type: Conference Paper

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