Developmental biology of somatic embryogenesis

Plant Developmental Biology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 3-26

  Rose, R J ^a   Mantiri, F R ^a   Kurdyukov, S ^a   Chen, S K ^a   Wang, X D ^a   Nolan, K E ^a   Sheahan, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

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EID: 84900291707     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-04670-4_1     Document Type: Chapter

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