Salvaging of abortive embryos from mature tetraploid x diploid watermelon fruits through in vitro culturing and realization of a triploid seedless watermelon

Current Science

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 813-816

  Thomas, Pious ^a   Pitchaimuthu, M ^a   Mythili, J B ^a   Srinivas, Meenakshi ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

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CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS;

EID: 1842620063     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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