Polyploidisation of rhododendron cultivars in vitro and how it affects cold hardiness

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 560, Issue , 2001, Pages 319-322

  Väinölä, Anu ^a   Repo, Tapani ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cold hardiness; Flow cytometry; Rhododendron; Tetraploid

Indexed keywords

RHODODENDRON;

EID: 57049091289     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2001.560.61     Document Type: Conference Paper

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