PROPAGATION OF TORCH-GINGER - Propagation of ornamental ...

Propagation of Ornamental Plants
Vol. 4, № 2, 2004: 53-59
PROPAGATION OF TORCH-GINGER (Nicolaia elatior (Jack.) horan)
THROUGH IN VITRO SHOOT-TIP CULTURE
Antonio Magdiel Velázquez Méndez 1 , José Guadalupe Álvarez Moctezuma 2
and José Luis Rodríguez De La O 3*
1
Laboratory of Plant Tissue Culture, La Chacona, 29000 Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico,
E-mail: mag04@elsitio.com.mx
2
Division of Forest Sciences, Chapingo Autonomous University, P.B 37, 56230 Chapingo, Mexico,
Phone: (595) 952-1500 ext. 5468, Fax: (595) 952-1637, E-mail: jogualmo@chapingo.mx
3*
Department of Phytotechnique, Chapingo Autonomous University, P.B. 37, 56230 Chapingo, Mexico,
Phone: (595) 952-1500 ext. 6236 and 6325, E-mail: jrguez@taurus1.chapingo.mx
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