Vegetative micro-cloning to sustain biodiversity of threatened Moringa species

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-71

  Steinitz, Benjamin ^a   Tabib, Yona ^a   Gaba, Victor ^a   Gefen, Tanya ^a   Vaknin, Yiftach ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cloning; Conservation; Endangered plant; Moringaceae

Indexed keywords

MORINGA; MORINGA OLEIFERA; MORINGA PEREGRINA; MORINGA STENOPETALA; MORINGACEAE;

EID: 59849100276     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11627-008-9162-x     Document Type: Article

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