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Growth of maize endosperm tissue in vitro I.—Nitrogen requirement of tissue grown on solid media
Author(s) -
Farrar Kathleen R.,
Ganugapati L. S.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740210701
Subject(s) - endosperm , tissue culture , asparagine , nitrogen , in vitro , chemistry , ammonium , biochemistry , biology , organic chemistry , amino acid
Ammonium salts can replace asparagine as the main nitrogen source for maize endosperm tissue culture. Although the acetate, oxalacetate and oxoglutarate are toxic, the succinate or citrate may be used.