The encapsulation technology in fruit plants-A review

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 671-679

  Rai, Manoj K ^a   Asthana, Pooja ^a   Singh, Shashi Kant ^b   Jaiswal, V S ^a   Jaiswal, U ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Conservation; Cryopreservation; Encapsulation; Fruit crops; In vitro propagation; Somatic embryogenesis; Synthetic seed

Indexed keywords

CRYOPRESERVATION; FRUIT CROPS; IN VITRO PROPAGATION; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; SYNTHETIC SEED;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; CROPS; ENCAPSULATION; FORESTRY; FRUITS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MATERIALS HANDLING; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); TECHNOLOGY; TISSUE CULTURE;

SEED;

COMMERCIALIZATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DESICCATION; DRUG; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMBRYO; ENCAPSULATION; FRUIT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GERMINATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; PLANT BREEDING; SEED PROPAGATION; SEED SIZE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; FRUIT; HETEROZYGOTE; PLANT; REVIEW;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; FRUIT; HETEROZYGOTE; PLANTS;

EID: 70349775720     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2009.04.025     Document Type: Review

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