Plant regeneration through multiple shoot formation and somatic embryogenesis in a commercially important and endangered Indian banana cv. Rajeli

Current Science

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 842-846

  Kulkarni, V M ^a   Suprasanna, P ^a   Bapat, V A ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Banana; Multiple shoots; Musa; Rajeli; Somatic embryogenesis; Sukeli

Indexed keywords

MUSA;

EID: 33645713628     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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