Effect of potassium on potato microtuber production in vitro

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 121-125

  Naik, P S ^a   Sarkar, D ^a  

^a CENTRAL POTATO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Micropropagation; Mineral nutrition; Solanum tuberosum L.

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032423995     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001729020924     Document Type: Article

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