Initiation and origin of stigma-like structures (SLS) on ovary and style explants of saffron in tissue culture

Acta Biologica Cracoviensia Series Botanica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-60

  Namin, Monir Hosseinzadeh ^a,b   Ebrahimzadeh, Hassan ^a   Ghareyazie, Behzad ^c   Radjabian, Tayebeh ^d   Namin, Hosseinzadeh Hooman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b ALZAHRA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran   (Iran)

^d SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Crocus sativus l.; Meristematic cells; Parenchyma tissues; Stigma like structures; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

CROCUS; CROCUS SATIVUS;

EID: 78649353125     PISSN: 00015296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10182-010-0007-7     Document Type: Article

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