Enhancing Growth and Morpho-physiological Traits of Tissue-cultured Explants of Persian Walnut through Manipulation of In vitro Lighting Spectra

Subject Areas : Micropropagation

Seyyed Arash Saeedi ¹ , Kourosh Vahdati ² , Sasan Aliniaeifard ³ , Saadat Sarikhani ⁴ , Shirin Dianati ⁵ , Maryam Davarzani ⁶ , Safieh Fakhari ⁷

1 - Department of Horticulture, College of Aburaihan, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Horticulture, College of Aburaihan, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
3 - Department of Horticulture, College of Aburaihan, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
4 - Department of Horticulture, College of Aburaihan, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
5 - Department of Horticulture, College of Aburaihan, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
6 - Department of Horticulture, College of Aburaihan, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
7 - Department of Horticulture, College of Aburaihan, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2023-10-31 Accepted : 2024-01-31 Published : 2024-03-01

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