Gladiolus scabridus - the road to conservation and commercialisation

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 624, Issue , 2003, Pages 67-72

  Campbell, T B ^a   Bower, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Corm; Fertilizer; In vitro; Seed; Tissue culture; Vase life

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449102737     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.624.8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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