Biotechnological advances in pomegranate (Punica granatum L.)

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 579-594

  Chauhan, Raj Deepika ^a   Kanwar, Kamlesh ^b  

^a DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b DR Y S PARMAR UNIVERSITY OF HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY   (India)

Author keywords

Adventitious shoot formation; Callus formation; DNA markers; Genetic transformation; Micropropagation; Punica granatum L.

Indexed keywords

LYTHRACEAE; PUNICA GRANATUM;

EID: 84871313359     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11627-012-9467-7     Document Type: Review

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