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Multiplication, morphological responses and related gene expression to salt stress in protocorm-like bodies of Dendrobium orchids in vitro Cover

Multiplication, morphological responses and related gene expression to salt stress in protocorm-like bodies of Dendrobium orchids in vitro

Folia Horticulturae
Volume 37 (2025): Issue 2 (December 2025)
By: Wannida Sae-Tang,  Anongpat Suttangkakul,  Hathairath Jindamol,  Duangporn Boonchai and  Patchareeya Boonkorkaew  
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|Sep 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fhort-2025-0015 | Journal eISSN: 2083-5965 | Journal ISSN: 0867-1761
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Language: English
Page range: 197 - 208
Submitted on: Apr 11, 2025
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Accepted on: Jul 10, 2025
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Published on: Sep 24, 2025
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Keywords:
orchid,
Orchidaceae,
salinity,
tissue culture
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Life sciences,
Plant science,
Zoology,
Ecology,
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