Somatic embryogenesis in 'maggar' bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii) and field performance of regenerated plants

Current Science

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1279-

  Bag, Niladri ^a,b   Palni, Lok Man S ^a   Chandra, Suman ^a,c   Nandi, Shyamal K ^a  

^a G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

^b SIKKIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bamboo; In vitro regeneration; Mother plant; Somatic embryogenesis; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

DENDROCALAMUS HAMILTONII;

EID: 84864526088     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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