Initiation, maintenance and maturation of somatic embryos from thin apical dome sections in Pinus kesiya (Royle ex. Gord) promoted by partial desiccation and Gellan gum

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 449-459

  Malabadi, Ravindra B ^a   Choudhury, Hiranjit ^a   Tandon, Pramod ^a  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Apical dome; Desiccation; Gellan gum; Germinants; germination medium; I; II; III; induction medium; IV; Khasi pine; maintenance medium; Maturation; maturation medium; shoot tip; Somatic embryos

Indexed keywords

EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH REGULATOR;

PINUS KESIYA;

EID: 9344251622     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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