In vitro flowering of orchids

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 56-76

  Teixeira Da Silva, Jaime A ^a   Kerbauy, Gilberto B ^b   Zeng, Songjun ^c   Chen, Zhilin ^d   Duan, Jun ^c  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^d Horticultural Research Institute of Guizhou Province   (China)

Author keywords

ABC model; Cymbidium; Dendrobium; in vitro flowering; Orchids

Indexed keywords

FLOWERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORCHIDACEAE; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84894302793     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: 15497801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07388551.2013.807219     Document Type: Review

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