Adjustment of mineral elements in the culture medium for the micropropagation of three Vriesea bromeliads from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: The importance of calcium

HortScience

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 106-112

  Aranda Peres, Alice Noemí ^a   Martinelli, Adriana Pinheiro ^a   Peres, Lázaro Eustáquio Pereira ^a   Higashi, Edson Namita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

In vitro culture; In vitro nutrition; Leaf mineral analysis; Vriesea friburguensis; Vriesea hieroglyphica; Vriesea unilateralis

Indexed keywords

BROMELIACEAE; VRIESEA;

EID: 58849107180     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.44.1.106     Document Type: Article

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