In vitro culture of indigenous and exotic banana clones for maximising multiplication

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 143-150

  Khatri, Abdullah ^a   Khan, Imtiaz Ahmed ^a   Siddiqui, Shamim H ^a   Ahmad, Maqbool ^a   Siddiqui, K A ^a  

^a Atom Ener Agric Research Centre   (Pakistan)

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