Validity of in vitro Viability Tests for Predicting Response of Different Vine Cacti in the Field to High and Low Temperatures ◆

Journal of the Professional Association for Cactus Development

Volumn 5, Issue , 2003, Pages 65-71

  Pelah, Dan ^a   Kaushik, Ram Avtar ^a   Nerd, Avinoam ^a   Mizrahi, Yosef ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cacti; Cold stress; Heat stress; Temperature; Viability

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE;

EID: 2442451414     PISSN: 19386648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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