Apple tissue culture contamination by Rhodotorula spp.: Identification and prevention

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 520-524

  Kolozsvari Nagy J ^a   Sule, S ^a   Sampaio, J P ^b  

^a PLANT PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Isothiazolones; Mancozeb; Micropropagation; Silver nitrate; Thiabendazole; Yeast

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA; RHODOTORULA SLOOFFIAE;

EID: 24644449332     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/IVP2005647     Document Type: Article

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