In vitro aerial environments and their effects on growth and development of plants

Photoautotrophic (sugar-free medium) Micropropagation as a New Micropropagation and Transplant Production System

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 31-52

  Kozai, T ^a   Kubota, C ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial environment; Air movement; CO2 concentration; Ethylene; Forced ventilation; Natural ventilation; Relative humidity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957847434     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3126-2_4     Document Type: Chapter

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