Effect of various culture conditions on proliferation and shoot tip necrosis in the pear cultivars 'William's' and 'Highland' grown In vitro

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 520, Issue , 2000, Pages 103-108

  Grigoriadou, K ^a   Leventakis, N ^a   Vasilakakis, M ^b  

^a Vitro Hellas SA   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

In vitro culture; Pear; Shoot tip necrosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149096930     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2000.520.10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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