PHOTOAUTOTROPHIC MICROPROPAGATION - ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL FOR PROMOTING PHOTOSYNTHESIS. Toyoki Kozai

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1 Propagation of Ornamental Plants Vol. 10, 4, 2010: PHOTOAUTOTROPHIC MICROPROPAGATION - ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL FOR PROMOTING PHOTOSYNTHESIS Toyoki Kozai Chiba University, Center for Environment, Health and Fields Sciences Kashiwa-no-ha, Kashiwa, Chiba , Japan, Fax: , kozai@faculty.chiba-u.jp REFERENCES Afreen-Zobayed F., Zobayed S. M. A., Kubota C., Kozai T. (1999). Supporting material affects the growth and development of in vitro sweet potato plantlets cultured photoautotrophically. In Vitro Cellular Developmental Bilogy-Plant, 35: Afreen-Zobayed F., Zobayed S. M. A., Kubota C., Kozai T., Hasegawa O. (2000). A combination of vermiculite and paper pulp supporting material for the photoautotrophic micropropagation of sweet potato. Plant Science, 157: Afreen F., Zobayed S. M. A., Kubota C., Kozai T. (2000). Physiology of in vitro plantlets grown photoautotrophically. In: Kubota C., Chun C. (Eds). 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