Use of lysozyme for treatment of bacterial contamination in in vitro shoot cultures of fruit plants

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 327-331

  Marino, Grazia ^a   Ferrarini, Valentina ^b   Giardini, Silvia ^b   Biavati, Bruno ^b  

^a Dipartimento di Colture Arboree   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Patologia Vegetale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacillus circulans; Egg white lysozyme (EWL); Micropropagation; Prunus persica X P. amygdalus; Quince; Sphingomonas paucimobilis

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CIRCULANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYDONIA OBLONGA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS DULCIS; PRUNUS PERSICA; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0038208135     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/IVP2002406     Document Type: Article

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