In vitro production of Prunus necrotic ringspot virus-free begonias through chemo- and thermotherapy

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 239-247

  Verma, Neeraj ^a   Ram, Raja ^a   Zaidi, A A ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Begonia; In vitro chemotherapy and thermotherapy; Prunus necrotic ringspot virus

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; HORTICULTURE; VIRAL DISEASE;

BEGONIA; BEGONIACEAE; PRUNUS; PRUNUS NECROTIC RINGSPOT VIRUS;

EID: 11444254769     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2004.05.005     Document Type: Article

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