Somatic embryogenesis in the medicinal legume Desmodium motorium (Houtt.) Merr.

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 409-418

  Devi, B Chitra ^a,b   Narmathabai, V ^b  

^a KARPAGAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cotyledon explants; Fabaceae; Secondary embryogenesis; Somatic embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

6-BENZYLADENINE; ABSCISIC ACID; BASAL MEDIUM; COTYLEDON EXPLANTS; COTYLEDONARY STAGE; EMBRYOGENIC CALLI; FABACEAE; IN-VITRO; INDOLE-3-ACETIC ACID; MURASHIGE AND SKOOG MEDIUMS; PLANTLETS; SECONDARY EMBRYOGENESIS; SOMATIC EMBRYO; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; SULPHATES; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACETIC ACID; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SUGAR (SUCROSE);

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

DESMODIUM MOTORIUM; FABACEAE;

EID: 80052023982     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-011-9937-3     Document Type: Article

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