Endogenous bacterial contamination during in vitro culture of table banana: Identification and prevention

Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 117-124

  Habiba, Ummey ^a   Reza, Sharmin ^a   Lal Saha, Mihir ^a   Khan, M R ^a   Hadiuzzaman, Syed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Endogenous bacteria; In vitro culture; Prevention; Table banana

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745934164     PISSN: 18173721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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