Towards the development of a Cavendish banana resistant to race 4 of fusarium wilt: Gamma irradiation of micropropagated Dwarf Parfitt (Musa spp., AAA group, Cavendish subgroup)

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 107-113

  Smith, M K ^a   Hamill, S D ^a   Langdon, P W ^a   Giles, J E ^a   Doogan, V J ^a   Pegg, K G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mutation breeding; Somaclonal variation; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

CROP IMPROVEMENT; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FUNGAL DISEASE; PROPAGATION (HORTICULTURE);

FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. CUBENSE; MUSA; MUSA ACUMINATA;

EID: 32344441257     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA04175     Document Type: Article

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