Improved germination of somatic embryos and plant recovery of European chestnut

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 307-315

  Corredoira, Elena ^a   Valladares, Silvia ^a   Vieitez, Ana M ^a   Ballester, Antonio ^a  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones Agrobiológicas de Galicia del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Castanea sativa; Desiccation; Glutamine; Plant conversion; Somatic embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

CASTANEA SATIVA;

EID: 50249189275     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11627-008-9105-6     Document Type: Article

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