Somatic Embryogenesis and Plant Regeneration in the Culture of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. Immature Zygotic Embryos

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 710, Issue , 2011, Pages 257-265

  Gaj, Malgorzata D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Auxin treatment; Conversion rate; Immature zygotic embryo culture; Plant regeneration; Somaclonal variation; Somatic embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REGENERATION; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARABIDOPSIS; CULTURE MEDIA; GERMINATION; PLANT SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS TECHNIQUES; REGENERATION; SEEDS;

EID: 79957756976     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61737-988-8_18     Document Type: Chapter

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