Evaluation of basal media for micropropagation of four highbush blueberry cultivars

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-74

  Tetsumura, Takuya ^a   Matsumoto, Yasuyo ^a   Sato, Makiko ^b   Honsho, Chitose ^a   Yamashita, Kensuke ^a   Komatsu, Haruki ^c   Sugimoto, Yasuhiro ^a   Kunitake, Hisato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b Miyazaki Prefectural Industrial Support Foundation   (Japan)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basal medium; Establishment; Multiplication stage; Rooting

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; PROPAGATION (HORTICULTURE); ROOTING; SHOOT GROWTH; SHRUB;

VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM;

EID: 55949123588     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2008.06.028     Document Type: Article

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