title: Appendix A: The components of the culture media.
abstract: The success in the technology and application of plant tissue culture is greatly influenced by the nature of the culture medium used. A better understanding of the nutritional requirements of cultured cells and tissues can help to choose the most appropriate culture medium for the explant used. It is also important to pay attention to a number of inaccuracies and errors which have appeared in several widely used plant tissue culture basal medium formulations.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular de Plantas, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, México. vmloyola@cicy.mx
authors.forename: Víctor M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Loyola-Vargas
mesh_terms: D003470:Culture Media / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D063245:Plant Development; D010944:Plants / Q000187:drug effects; D046509:Tissue Culture Techniques
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media