Cultivar specificity with respect to in vitro micropropagation of Musa spp. (banana and plantain)

Journal of Horticultural Science

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 205-211

  Hirimburegama, Kshanika ^a   Gamage, Niranjali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

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MUSA; MUSA X PARADISIACA;

EID: 0031002338     PISSN: 00221589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14620316.1997.11515507     Document Type: Article

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