Influence of culture media and fungal extracts on essential oils composition and on terpene synthase gene expression in Thymus caespititius

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 457-469

  Mendes, Marta D ^a   Figueiredo, A Cristina ^a   Oliveira, M Margarida ^b   Trindade, Helena ^a  

^a Instituto de Biotecnologia e Bioengenharia Lisboa   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Botrytis cinerea; Elicitation; In vitro culture; Lamiaceae; Nutrient composition; Thymus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906081378     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-014-0498-0     Document Type: Article

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