Garlic roots for micropropagation through in vitro bulblet formation

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 520, Issue , 2000, Pages 45-52

  Haque, Muhammad Shahidul ^a,b   Wada, Tomikichi ^a   Hattori, Kazumi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Allium sativum L.; Garlic; In vitro bulblet formation; Micropropagation; Root tip expiant; Tissue culture; Varietal difference

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877306958     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2000.520.2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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