Topolins in Pelargonium sidoides micropropagation: Do the new brooms really sweep cleaner?

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 319-327

  Moyo, Mack ^a   Finnie, Jeffrey F ^a   van Staden, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Auxins; Cytokinins; Micropropagation; Pelargoniumsidoides; Plant growth; Secondary metabolites; Shoot multiplication; Topolins

Indexed keywords

AUXINS; CYTOKININS; MICROPROPAGATION; PELARGONIUMSIDOIDES; PLANT GROWTH; SECONDARY METABOLITES; SHOOT MULTIPLICATION; TOPOLINS;

ACETIC ACID; ECOLOGY; PHENOLS; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES;

EID: 84865510540     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-012-0153-6     Document Type: Article

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