Somaclonal variation as a tool to develop pest resistant plants of Torenia fournieri 'Compacta Blue'

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-50

  Hadi, M Z ^a   Bridgen, M P ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

greenhouse whitefly; in vitro screening; pest resistance; Tetranychus urticae; Trialeurodes vaporariorum; two spotted spidermite

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ALEYRODIDAE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE; TORENIA; TORENIA FOURNIERI; TRIALEURODES VAPORARIORUM; URTICAE;

EID: 0030463034     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00039695     Document Type: Article

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