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RESEARCH LITERATURE

The Research Literature database was created and funded by the Florida Wildflower Foundation. Use the search features below to find scientific articles on native wildflowers that are commercially available or used in restoration projects.

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Accelerated propagation of Chionanthus virginicus via embryo culture

Author(s): C. R. Chan and R. D. Marquard

Month: Feb
Year: 1999

Publication Type: Article
Journal: Hortscience
Journal Link: http://hortsci.ashspublications.org/search.dtl
Volume: 34
Issue: 1
Pages: 140-141

Article Topic(s): Propagation
Research Setting(s): Laboratory

Species Referenced: Chionanthus virginicus (White fringetree),

Abstract

Germination rates and seedling growth rates of excised immature embryo cultures and seeds were compared in Chionanthus virginicus. Plants originating from embryo cultures had greater mortality, grew more slowly and required more labor than plants grown from mature seeds.

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C. R. Chan and R. D. Marquard. "Accelerated propagation of Chionanthus virginicus via embryo culture." Hortscience 34.1 (1999): 140-141.

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ISSN: 0018-5345

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