Biotechnology for endangered plant conservation: A critical overview

Romanian Biotechnological Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4095-4103

  Paunescu, Anca ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Endangered plants; In vitro conservation; Recalcitrant seeds

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449432965     PISSN: 12245984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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