Effects of different fruit juices used as carbon source on cucumber seedling under in-vitro cultures

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 38, 2011, Pages 7404-7408

  Ikram ul Haq, I ^a   Taseer, Zara Arshad ^a   Rajput, Muhammad Tahir ^a   Dahot, Muhammad Umar ^a   Mustafa, Ghulam ^a   Mukesh, ^b   Latif, Abdul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SINDH   (Pakistan)

^b Bayer Institute of Crop Sciences   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cucumis sativus L.; Lycopenes; Proline contents; Seedling growth; Total carotenoids

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL B; LYCOPENE;

APPLE JUICE; ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCUMBER; CULTURE MEDIUM; FRUIT JUICE; GRAPE JUICE; IN VITRO PROPAGATION; NONHUMAN; ORANGE JUICE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT NUTRIENT;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; LIZA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; VITACEAE;

EID: 79960868829     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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