A method to improve the induction of callus from saffron (crocus sativus linneo) corms

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 850, Issue , 2010, Pages 99-102

  Suarez Ambriz I ^a   Dominguez Lopez A ^b   Riveron Negrete L ^c   Gonzalez Ronquillo M ^d   Trejo Gonzalez A ^e  

^a Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Master Degree Program   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^d VAEM   (Mexico)

^e INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Daughter saffron corms; In vitro contamination reduction; In vitro tissue culture; Iridaceae; Plant cell culture; Plant growth regulators

Indexed keywords

CROCUS; CROCUS SATIVUS; IRIDACEAE;

EID: 77951009361     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2010.850.14     Document Type: Article

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