Embryogenesis and synthetic seed production in Mondia whitei

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 205-214

  Baskaran, Ponnusamy ^a   Kumari, Aloka ^a   Van Staden, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cell suspension; Medicinal plant; Mondia whitei; Somatic embryogenesis; Synthetic seeds

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CULTIVATION; GROWTH KINETICS; SODIUM ALGINATE; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

CELL SUSPENSION; MEDICINAL PLANTS; MONDIA WHITEI; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; SYNTHETIC SEED;

SEED;

EID: 84925488982     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: 15735044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-014-0695-x     Document Type: Article

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