Elimination of ornithogalum mosaic virus from chincherinchee (Ornithogalum thyrsoides) by meristem tip culture, and field trials of reinfection

Plant Pathology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 767-768

  Wangai, A W ^a   Bock, K R ^b  

^a KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b NONE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORNITHOGALUM; ORNITHOGALUM MOSAIC VIRUS; ORNITHOGALUM THYRSOIDES;

EID: 0030440324     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3059.1996.d01-181.x     Document Type: Article

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