In vitro production of plants from cotyledon explants of Cucumis melo L. and their successful transfer to field

Phytomorphology: An International Journal of Plant Morphology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 395-402

  Singh, M N ^a   Misra, Anup K ^a   Bhatnagar, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Cotyledon; Cucumis melo; Muskmelon; Plantlets; Regeneration; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004800285     PISSN: 00319449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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