Cryopreservation of banana (Musa spp.) meristem cultures after preculture on sucrose

Plant Science

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-106

  Panis, B ^a   Totte N ^a   Van Nimmen, K ^a   Withers, L A ^b   Swennen, R ^a  

^a LABORATORY OF GENE TECHNOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b International Plant Genetic Resources Institute Maccarese   (Italy)

Author keywords

Banana; Cryopreservation; Meristem culture; Musa spp; Plant germplasm collection; Sucrose preculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001915714     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(96)04507-4     Document Type: Article

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