Meanings
noungelrite (uncountable)
- uncountableA gellan gum used in place of agar.
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Osmotic treatment medium: a modified MS medium was used as the basal media and supplemented with Murashige and Skoog micro and macronutrients, 12% (w/v) sucrose (0.368 M), 10 mg/L of 6-Benzylaminopurine (BAP), 40 mg/L adenine free-base, and 2.5 g/L gelrite (Malik and Saxena, 1992; Cabrera-Ponce et al., 2015).
2015 July 28, Aarón Barraza et al., “The Phaseolus vulgaris PvTRX1h gene regulates plant hormone biosynthesis in embryogenic callus from common bean”, in Frontiers in Plant Science, volume 6, →DOI
Origin
Brand name, presumably from gel right.
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