Assessment of Polyamines and Trehalose in Wheat Microspores Culture for
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proved plant regeneration but also significantly improved
seed setting and could be used to accelerate some cultivar
development in wheat breeding programs.
5. Acknowledgements
The Authors thank Research Administration of Kuwait
University for funding this project (# SL04/06). We also
thank Cynthia A. Menezes who was the Research Assis-
tant for the project.
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