Imaging of early conifer embryogenic tissues with the environmental scanning electron microscope

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 595-598

  Nedela V ^a   Hrib J ^a   Vookova B ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

A. numidica; Abies alba; extracellular matrix

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; ABIES NUMIDICA; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 84859838542     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-012-0062-x     Document Type: Article

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