Enhanced plantlet regeneration from cultured meristems in sprouting buds of saffron corms

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 739, Issue , 2007, Pages 275-278

  Majourhat, K ^a   Fernandez J A ^b   Martinez Gomez P ^c   Piqueras, A ^c  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^b UCLM   (Spain)

^c RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Axillary bud; Crocus sativus; Cytokinins; Micropropagation

Indexed keywords

CROCUS; CROCUS SATIVUS;

EID: 61449108258     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2007.739.34     Document Type: Conference Paper

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