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In-vitro induction of vegetative buds by benz(a)anthracene in tobacco callus

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Benz(a)anthracene induced vegetative buds on callus derived from stem tissue of haploid plants of Nicotiana tabacum a response similar to that obtained by a combination of kinetin and IAA.

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  1. Department of Botany, University of Kentucky, Lexington

    T. S. Kochhar, P. R. Bhalla & P. S. Sabharwal

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  1. T. S. Kochhar
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This study was carried out under Contract No. 12-14-100-10278 (5) with the Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, administered by the Eastern Utilization Research and Development Division, Philadelphia.

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Kochhar, T.S., Bhalla, P.R. & Sabharwal, P.S. In-vitro induction of vegetative buds by benz(a)anthracene in tobacco callus. Planta 94, 246–249 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00386137

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