Use of fluorescein diacetate (FDA) to determine ploidy of in vitro watermelon shoots

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 199-203

  Compton, Michael E ^a   Barnett, Nancy ^b   Gray, D J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PLATTEVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Plant breeding; Seedless watermelon; Somaclonal variation; Tetraploid watermelon; Triploid watermelon

Indexed keywords

CITRULLUS LANATUS;

EID: 0033510199     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006371516394     Document Type: Article

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