Selection and asexual inheritance of a dwarf variant of Cavendish banana resistant to race 4 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 189-194

  Tang, C Y ^a   Hwang, S C ^a  

^a Taiwan Banana Research Institute   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANANA; CULTIVAR; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; GENETIC SELECTION; INHERITANCE; SOMACLONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. CUBENSE; FUSARIUM SP.; MUSA ACUMINATA;

EID: 0031922324     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA97110     Document Type: Article

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