Production of somatic embryos of American ginseng in suspension culture and regeneration of plantlets

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 625, Issue , 2003, Pages 225-231

  Feeney, M ^a   Punja, Z K ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activated charcoal; Desiccation; Germination; Liquid medium; Panax quinquefolius; Somatic embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 83855163688     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.625.24     Document Type: Conference Paper

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