In vitro rooting of leguminous plants: Difficulties, alternatives, and strategies for improvement

Horticulture Environment and Biotechnology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 311-322

  Dewir, Yaser Hassan ^a,b   Murthy, Hosakatte Niranjana ^c   Ammar, Megahed H ^a   Alghamdi, Salem S ^a   Al Suhaibani, Nasser A ^a   Alsadon, Abdullah A ^a   Paek, Kee Yoeup ^d  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Kafrelsheikh University   (Egypt)

^c KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

auxins; cytokinins; ex vitro rooting; in vitro grafting; microshoots; rhizogenesis; tissue culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84984863594     PISSN: 22113452     EISSN: 22113460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13580-016-0060-6     Document Type: Article

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