Production of haploid and doubled haploid plants of melon (Cucumis melo L.) for use in breeding for multiple virus resistance

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1121-1128

  Lotfi, M ^a,b   Alan, A R ^a   Henning, M J ^a   Jahn, M M ^a   Earle, E D ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Colchicine; Cucumis melo; Gynogenesis; Haploid; Parthenogenesis

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; TISSUE; VIRUSES;

IRRADIATED POLLENS;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

BREEDING; COLCHICINE; CUCUMIS MELO; HAPLOIDY; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; PARTHENOGENESIS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT VIRUSES;

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0041627631     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-003-0636-3     Document Type: Article

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