Studies on seed germination, seedling growth, and in vitro shoot induction of Aloe ferox mill., a commercially important species

HortScience

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 751-756

  Bairu, Michael W ^a   Kulkarni, Manoj G ^a   Street, Renée A ^a   Mulaudzi, Rofhiwa B ^a   Van Staden, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cytokinins; Growth regulators; Multiplication rate; Smoke solutions; Temperature; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

ALOE; ALOE FEROX;

EID: 67650803020     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.44.3.751     Document Type: Article

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