Physiological influence of sucrose on juvenile avocado during in vitro cultivation and subsequent ex vitro acclimatization

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 616, Issue , 2003, Pages 421-424

  Premkumar, A ^a   Pliego, F ^a   Quesada, M A ^a   Mercado, J A ^a   Barcelo Munoz A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; In vitro growth; Persea Americana; Photosynthetic pigments; Rubisco; Starch; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879637054     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.616.63     Document Type: Conference Paper

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