Morphological abnormality among regenerated shoots of banana and plantain (Musa spp.) after in vitro multiplication with TDZ and BAP from excised shoot-tips

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 5755-5761

  Shirani, Siamak ^a   Mahdavi, Fatemeh ^a   Maziah, Mahmood ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Abnormality index; Cytokinin; Micro propagation; Musa spp.; Shoot tip

Indexed keywords

BENZYLADENINE; CYTOKININ; THIDIAZURON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BANANA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; CULTURE MEDIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROPROPAGATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PLANTAIN; REGENERATION; SHOOT TIP CULTURE; SUPPLEMENTATION;

MUSA;

EID: 71649102956     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb09.1080     Document Type: Article

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