Initiation of embryogenic cell suspensions of taro (Colocasia esculenta var. esculenta) and plant regeneration

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 283-291

  Deo, Pradeep C ^a,c   Taylor, Mary ^b   Harding, Robert M ^c   Tyagi, Anand P ^a   Becker, Douglas K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^b Secretariat of the Pacific Community   (Fiji)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Callus; Cell suspension; Colocasia esculenta var. esculenta; Somatic embryogenesis; Taro

Indexed keywords

BENZYLADENINE; CELL AGGREGATES; CELL SUSPENSION; CELL VOLUME; COLOCASIA; DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACIDS; EMBRYO MATURATION; EMBRYOGENIC CALLUS; EMBRYOGENIC CELL SUSPENSIONS; HALF-STRENGTH MS MEDIUM; HIGH CONCENTRATION; IN-VITRO; INDOLE-3-ACETIC ACID; LIQUID CULTURE; LIQUID MEDIUM; PLANT REGENERATION; SOLID MEDIA; SOLID MEDIUM; SOMATIC EMBRYO; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; SUSPENSION CELL; TARO CORMS; THIDIAZURON;

ACIDS; AMINO ACIDS; CELL CULTURE; LIQUIDS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SUGAR (SUCROSE); VALUE ENGINEERING;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

COLOCASIA ESCULENTA;

EID: 76149102894     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-009-9648-1     Document Type: Article

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