Somatic embryo maturation and germination of Persian walnut (Juglans regia L.)

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 812, Issue , 2009, Pages 313-318

  Baya, Sh ^a   Ebrahimzadeh, H ^a   Vahdati, K ^a   Mirmasoumi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Embryogenesis; Micropropagation; Regeneration; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

JUGLANS; JUGLANS REGIA;

EID: 70350073816     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2009.812.43     Document Type: Article

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