Cryopreservation of the embryonic axes of Phoenix reclinata, a representative of the intermediate seed category

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 704-716

  Ngobese, N Z ^a   Sershen, ^a   Pammenter, N W ^a   Berjak, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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Indexed keywords

PHOENIX RECLINATA;

EID: 78650222247     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15258/sst.2010.38.3.18     Document Type: Article

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