Culture of unfertilized embryo sacs of pearl millet - Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.

Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-25

  Lakshmi, T V R ^a   Lakshmi, K Aruna ^a   Isola, Narayana R ^a,b  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Oak Ridge Biotech (OrBit)   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Pennisetum glaucum; Unfertilized embryo sacs

Indexed keywords

EID: 52449109158     PISSN: 18173721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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