In vitro germination, protocorm formation and plantlet development of mature versus immature seeds from several Ophrys species (Orchidaceae)

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 284-290

  Kitsaki, C K ^a   Zygouraki, S ^a   Ziobora, M ^a   Kintzios, S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Callogenesis; Immature seed; In vitro germination; Mature seed; Ophrys

Indexed keywords

GENES; PLANT CELL CULTURE; SEED;

MINITUBERS; PROTOCORM FORMATION; SEED MATURITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GERMINATION; GREECE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED;

CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; GENOTYPE; GERMINATION; GREECE; ORCHIDACEAE; SEEDS;

GENOTYPES; GERMINATION; PLANTS; SEEDS; TUBERS;

ANANAS COMOSUS; CORNUTA; OPHRYS; OPHRYS APIFERA; OPHRYS ARGOLICA; OPHRYS ATTICA; OPHRYS CORNUTA; OPHRYS DELPHINENSIS; OPHRYS FERRUM-EQUINUM; OPHRYS MAMMOSA; OPHRYS SPRUNERI; OPHRYS TENTHREDINIFERA; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 8744303978     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-004-0841-8     Document Type: Article

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