Isolation of mesophyll protoplasts of Cucumis spp. and Cucurbita spp.

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 510, Issue , 2000, Pages 425-431

  Navrátilová, Božena ^a   Rokytová, Lenka ^a   Lebeda, Aleš ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cucumber; Enzyme solution; Genetic resources; Isolation methods; Protoplast yield and viability; Squash

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747197331     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2000.510.68     Document Type: Conference Paper

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