Stomatal and chloroplast traits as ploidy assessment techniques for ploidy screening of in vitro induced tetraploids of banana

Phytomorphology: An International Journal of Plant Morphology

Volumn 52, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 113-120

  Ganga, M ^a   Chezhiyan, N ^a   Kumar, N ^a   Soorianathasundaram, K ^a  

^a TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Banana; Chloroplast; Chromosome doubling; Colchicine; Diploid; In vitro; Oryzalin; Stomata; Tetraploid

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMES; DISEASES; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY);

DIPLOIDS; STOMATA;

MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0036555915     PISSN: 00319449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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