In vitro germination and propagation of a threatened medicinal orchid, Cymbidium aloifolium (L.) Sw. through artificial seed

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 971-976

  Pradhan, Shreeti ^a   Tiruwa, Babulal ^a   Subedee, Bijay Raj ^a   Pant, Bijaya ^a  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Artificial seed; Encapsulation; Media; Propagation; Protocorms

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INOCULATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SEED; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYMBIDIUM; CYMBIDIUM ALOIFOLIUM; ENCAPSULATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GERMINATION; HARDENING; IN VITRO PROPAGATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIQUID CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT PARAMETERS; PLANT REGENERATION; PLANT SEED; PLANT STRUCTURES; PLANTLET; PROTOCORM LIKE BODY; SEED STERILIZATION; SEED STORAGE; SEED VIABILITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE;

BRYOPHYTA; CYMBIDIUM ALOIFOLIUM; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 84922724529     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12980/APJTB.4.2014APJTB-2014-0369     Document Type: Article

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