Micropropagation of nendran and poovan varieties of Musa through inflorescence tip culture

Plant Cell Biotechnology and Molecular Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 141-148

  Sebastian, Leelamma ^a   Mathew, M M ^a  

^a ST THOMAS COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Endemic species; Field trial; Inflorescence tip; Musa; Somaclonal variation; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

MUSA;

EID: 18744409856     PISSN: 09722025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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