Adventitious shoot regeneration and micropropagation of Chirita flavimaculata W. T. Wang, C. Eburnea Hance, and C. Speciosa Kurz.

Propagation of Ornamental Plants

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 216-222

  Nakano, Masaru ^a   Takagi, Hiroki ^a   Sugawara, Shintaro ^a   Saito, Tomoka ^a   Watanabe, Yusuke ^a,b   Yuanxue, Lu ^c   Kaiyun, Guan ^c   Godo, Toshinari ^d  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Mountainous Region Agricultural Technology Center   (Japan)

^c KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^d Botanic Gardens of Toyama   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chirita; Flow cytometry analysis; Histological observation; Plant regeneration; Ploidy stability; Rooting

Indexed keywords

CHIRITA; GESNERIACEAE;

EID: 73549105935     PISSN: 13119109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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