Improved method of in vitro regeneration in Leucaena leucocephala - a leguminous pulpwood tree species

Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 311-318

  Shaik, Noor M ^a   Arha, Manish ^a   Nookaraju, A ^a   Gupta, Sushim K ^a   Srivastava, Sameer ^a   Yadav, Arun K ^a   Kulkarni, Pallavi S ^a   Abhilash, O U ^a   Vishwakarma, Rishi K ^a   Singh, Somesh ^a   Tatkare, Rajeshri ^a   Chinnathambi, Kannan ^a   Rawal, Shuban K ^a   Khan, Bashir M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Cotyledonary nodes; Multiple shoot induction; Pulse treatment; TDZ

Indexed keywords

LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA;

EID: 77954045113     PISSN: 09715894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12298-009-0035-5     Document Type: Article

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