Biochemical and Molecular Aspects of Haploid Embryogenesis

  • Kim Boutilier
  • Martijn Fiers
  • Chun-Ming Liu
  • Apolonia Lonneke H.M. van der Geest
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Part of the Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry book series (AGRICULTURE, volume 56)

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Somatic Embryo Somatic Embryogenesis Zygotic Embryo Embryogenic Cell Microspore Culture 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Kim Boutilier
    • 1
  • Martijn Fiers
    • 1
  • Chun-Ming Liu
    • 1
  • Apolonia Lonneke H.M. van der Geest
    • 1
  1. 1.Plant Research InternationalWageningenThe Netherlands

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