Direct shoot organogenesis from petiole and leaf discs of withania somnifera (l.) dunal

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 44, 2010, Pages 7453-7461

  Ghimire, Bimal Kumar ^a   Seong, Eun Soo ^b   Kim, Eun Hye ^a   Lamsal, Kabir ^b   Yu, Chang Yeon ^b   Chung III, Min ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Histology; Medicinal plant; Plant growth regulator; Plant regeneration; Withania somnifera

Indexed keywords

6 N BENZYLADENINE; ACETIC ACID; INDOLEBUTYRIC ACID; NAPHTHALENE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOWERING; GREENHOUSE; HISTOLOGY; MURASHIGE AND SKOOG MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; PETIOLE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PLANT TISSUE; SHOOT REGENERATION; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

EID: 78549279093     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb10.1250     Document Type: Article

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