Embryo rescue and plant regeneration in banana (Musa spp.)

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-111

  Uma, S ^a   Lakshmi, S ^a   Saraswathi, M S ^a   Akbar, A ^a   Mustaffa, M M ^a  

^a ICAR NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR BANANA   (India)

Author keywords

Banana; Callus; Embryo maturity; In vitro culture; Regeneration; Zygotic embryo

Indexed keywords

BANANA; CALLUS; EMBRYO MATURITY; IN-VITRO; REGENERATION; ZYGOTIC EMBRYOS;

ACETIC ACID; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FRUITS;

MUSA;

EID: 79952695398     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-010-9847-9     Document Type: Article

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