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Growth of Avocado Fruit Callus and Its Relation to Exogenous and Endogenous Cytokinins
Author(s) -
BLUMENFELD A.,
GAZIT S.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
physiologia plantarum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.351
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1399-3054
pISSN - 0031-9317
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1971.tb01457.x
Subject(s) - callus , botany , nutrient , biology , tissue culture , horticulture , biochemistry , in vitro , ecology
Callus derived from avocado cotyledons and mesocarp was grown in tissue culture. Cytokinins in nutrient media were vital for the growth of mesocarp callus but not for the growth of cotyledonous callus. It was found that cotyledonous callus synthesized Cytokinins.