Use of gamma rays to induce mutants resistant to cocoa swollen shoot disease in Theobroma cacao L

Plant Breeding

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 74-76

  Adu Ampomah, Y ^a   Owusu, G K ^a   Sackey, S ^a   Padi, B ^a   Abdul Karimu, A ^a  

^a New Tafo   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Cocoa swollen shoot virus (CSSV); ELISA test; Mutagenesis; Theobroma cacao

Indexed keywords

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 0030462841     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.1996.tb00875.x     Document Type: Article

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