Biotechnology of eggplant

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-25

  Kashyap, V ^a   Vinod Kumar, S ^a   Collonnier, C ^b   Fusari, F ^c   Haicour, R ^b   Rotino, G L ^c   Sihachakr, D ^b   Rajam, M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c Centro di Ricerca per l'Orticoltura   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anther culture; Aubergine; Plant regeneration; Protoplast fusion; Review; Solanum melongena; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CROP IMPROVEMENT; DISEASE RESISTANCE; PEST RESISTANCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

INSECTA; MELONGENA; SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 0037415064     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(02)00140-1     Document Type: Article

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