Origin, morphology, and anatomy of fasciation in plants cultured in vivo and in vitro

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 115-129

  Iliev, Ivan ^a   Kitin, Peter ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY   (Bulgaria)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CLAVATA genes; Fasciation; Meristem; Plant growth regulators

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952192000     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: 15735087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-010-9540-3     Document Type: Article

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