Yield and disease resistance of plantain (Musa spp., AAB group) somaclones in Nigeria

Euphytica

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 323-331

  Nwauzoma, A B ^a   Tenkouano, A ^b   Crouch, J H ^b   Pillay, M ^b   Vuylsteke, D ^b   Daniel Kalio, L A ^a  

^a RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b Carolyn House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Micropropagation; Mycosphaerella fijiensis; Resistance; Somaclonal variation; Yield

Indexed keywords

CATOSTOMIDAE; MUSA; MUSA X PARADISIACA; MYCOSPHAERELLA; MYCOSPHAERELLA FIJIENSIS;

EID: 0036232702     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015040501557     Document Type: Article

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