Rooting and acclimatization of micropropagated tropical fruit trees and medicinal plants

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 616, Issue , 2003, Pages 199-206

  Chan, Lai Keng ^a   Dewi, Patra R ^a   Su, T S ^a   Lee, W L ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Intermittent mist; Jiffy 7 ; Microcuttings; Rooted plantlets; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 64649087448     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.616.24     Document Type: Conference Paper

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