Artificial seed production from encapsulated PLBs regenerated from leaf base of Vanda coerulea Grifft. ex. Lindl. - an endangered orchid

Current Science

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 686-690

  Sarmah, Debojit Kumar ^a   Borthakur, M ^a   Borua, P K ^b  

^a CSIR NORTH EAST INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ecorehabilitation; Encapsulation; In vitro; Protocorm like bodies

Indexed keywords

ORCHIDACEAE; VANDA COERULEA;

EID: 77953351622     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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