In vitro micropropagation of economically important edible bamboo (Dendrocalamus asper) through somatic embryos from root, leaves and nodal segments expiants

Research on Crops

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 430-436

  Ojha, Ashish ^a   Verma, Nisha ^a,b   Kumar, Amit ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL SOIL SALINITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b MEERUT INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bamboo; Multiple shoots; Murashige and skoog; Nodal segments

Indexed keywords

DENDROCALAMUS ASPER;

EID: 79957842150     PISSN: 09723226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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