Nodal segments or microtubers as explants for in vitro microtuber production of potato

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 215-222

  Khuri, S ^a,b   Moorby, J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

plantlet; potato sprout; sucrose

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0030452588     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00043633     Document Type: Article

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