Effects of reducing sugar concentration on in vitro tuber formation and sprouting in yam (Dioscorea cayenensis-D. rotundata complex)

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-59

  Ovono, Paul Ondo ^a   Kevers, Claire ^a   Dommes, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dioscorea cayenensis D. rotundata; Microtubers; Sprouting; Sucrose; Yam

Indexed keywords

DIOSCOREA CAYENENSIS-D. ROTUNDATA; MICROTUBERS; SPROUTING; SUCROSE; YAM;

ALCOHOLS; CARBOHYDRATES; GLUCOSE; RESTORATION;

SUGAR (SUCROSE);

DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA CAYENENSIS;

EID: 70350188343     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-009-9575-1     Document Type: Article

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