An efficient method for production of diploid cantaloupe charentais melon (Cucumis melo L. var. cantalupensis) by somatic embryogenesis

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 69, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 199-206

  Guis, Monique ^b   Latché, Alain ^b   Pech, Jean Claude ^b   Roustan, Jean Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Cucumis melo; Cytokinins; Mature cotyledons; Ploidy; Somatic embryogenesis; Sugars

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 0030922537     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(97)00002-2     Document Type: Article

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