Rapid in vitro cloning of a 40-year-old tree of Azadirachta indica A. Juss. (Neem) employing nodal stem segments

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-63

  Arora, Kavita ^a   Sharma, Meena ^a   Srivastava, Jyoti ^a   Ranade, S A ^a   Sharma, A K ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Azadirachta indica; Cloning; Mature tree; Nodal stem segments

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CLONAL GROWTH; DICOTYLEDON; GENETIC MARKER; HORMONE; SHOOT GROWTH; STEM; TRANSPLANTATION;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA;

EID: 71949085539     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-009-9230-1     Document Type: Article

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