In vitro studies on micrografting technique in two cultivars of citrus to produce virus free plants

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1773-1778

  Naz, Ali A ^a   Jaskani, Muhammad J ^a   Abbas, Haider ^b   Qasim, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; CITRUS JAMBHIRI; CITRUS LIMON; CITRUS SINENSIS;

EID: 47249161206     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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