Carob trees (Ceratonia siliqua L.) regenerated in vitro can acclimatize successfully to match the field performance of seed-derived plants

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1837-1846

  Osorio M L ^a   Osorio J ^a   Goncalves S ^a   David, M M ^a   Correia, M J ^a   Romano, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Micropropagation; Photosynthesis; Stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; EFFICIENCY; FLUORESCENCE; GROWTH RATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REFORESTATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ACCLIMATIZATION STAGE; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENTS; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; MICROPROPAGATION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC EFFICIENCY; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPLANTATION PROTOCOLS;

SEED;

CHLOROPHYLLS; FLUORESCENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; SEEDS;

CERATONIA SILIQUA;

EID: 84869189392     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-012-0753-0     Document Type: Article

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