In Vitro regeneration of Melothria maderaspatana via indirect organogenesis

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 407-413

  Baskaran, P ^a,c   Velayutham, P ^b   Jayabalan, N ^a  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Government Arts College   (India)

^c LOYOLA COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Adventitious shoots; Hardening; Organogenic callus; Plant regeneration; Rooting after 2 wk

Indexed keywords

MELOTHRIA MADERASPATANA;

EID: 70350736571     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11627-008-9172-8     Document Type: Article

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