Review: Role of carbon sources for in vitro plant growth and development

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2837-2849

  Yaseen, Mehwish ^a   Ahmad, Touqeer ^a   Sablok, Gaurav ^b   Standardi, Alvaro ^c   Hafiz, Ishfaq Ahmad ^a  

^a PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Germplasm conservation; In vitro morphogenesis; Sugars; Synthetic seeds; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

CARBON; SUCROSE;

CALLUS (PLANT); CARBON SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENOTYPE; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROPROPAGATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHLOEM; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT REGENERATION; PLANT TISSUE; REVIEW; ROOTING; SHOOT GROWTH; VITRIFICATION;

CARBON; CULTURE MEDIA; OSMOSIS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT ROOTS; SUCROSE; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84878415698     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-012-2299-z     Document Type: Review

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