Assessment of tissue culture-derived 'Gala' and 'Royal Gala' apples (Malus x domestica Borkh.) for somaclonal variation

Euphytica

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 251-257

  McMeans, Orlando ^a   Skirvin, Robert M ^a   Otterbacher, Alan ^a   Mitiku, Girma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

In vitro; Malus; Somaclonal variation; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; SOMACLONAL VARIATION; TISSUE CULTURE;

MALUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 0031782021     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018316422435     Document Type: Article

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