A three-step screening procedure for detection of covert and endophytic bacteria in plant tissue cultures

Current Science

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-72

  Thomas, Pious ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

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BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPSICUM; CARICA PAPAYA; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; GERBERA; SOLANUM MELONGENA; VITIS SP.;

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