Pulvinus: An ideal explant for plant regeneration in Caesalpinia bonduc (L.) Roxb., an important ethnomedicinal woody climber

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 693-699

  Cheruvathur, Meena K ^a   Britto, John ^a,b   Thomas, T Dennis ^a  

^a ST THOMAS COLLEGE   (India)

^b ST JOSEPH S COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Caesalpinioideae; Callus; Hardening; Leguminosae

Indexed keywords

CAESALPINIA BONDUC; CAESALPINIOIDEAE; FABACEAE;

EID: 84857366395     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-011-0869-7     Document Type: Article

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