Isolation of banana plantlets cv. señorita freed of banana bract mosaic virus

Philippine Agricultural Scientist

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-34

  Ramos, Claire S ^a   Zamora, Alfinetta B ^b  

^a Philippine Coconut Authority   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Banana; Banana bract mosaic; Heat therapy; Meristem culture; Tissue culture; Virus elimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032675211     PISSN: 00317454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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