MICROPROPAGATION OF ORNAMENTAL POTTED PLANTS Shri ...

Propagation of Ornamental Plants
Vol. 6, № 2, 2006: 67-82
MICROPROPAGATION OF ORNAMENTAL POTTED PLANTS
Shri Mohan Jain 1* , Matthew A. Jenks 2 , Gyana Ranjan Rout 3 , and Ljiljana Radojević 4
Department of Applied Biology, Horticulture Section, 00014 Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland,
* E-mail: mohan.jain@helsinki.fi, * Fax: +358-9-239-6038
2 Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
,3 Plant Biotechnology Division, Regional Plant Resource Center, Bhubaneswar-751015, India
4 Instiute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, 142 Despota Stefana Buld.,
Belgrade 11060, Serbia and Montenegro.
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