Field performance of Theobroma cacao L. plants propagated via somatic embryogenesis

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 487-493

  Maximova, Siela N ^a   Young, Ann ^a   Pishak, Sharon ^a   Guiltinan, Mark J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocoa; Micropropagation; Orthotropic rooted cuttings; Somatic embryos

Indexed keywords

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 60049093594     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11627-008-9130-5     Document Type: Article

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