Ecology of Microbial Saprophytes and Pathogens in Tissue Culture and Field-Grown Plants: Reasons for Contamination Problems In Vitro

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 139-183

  Leifert, Carlo ^a   Morris, Cindy E ^b   Waites, Will M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b INRA   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bacteria; contamination; ecology; fungi; plant pathogens; plant tissue culture; resistance; viroids; viruses; yeasts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0027947873     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: 15497836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352689409701912     Document Type: Article

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