Improved RAPD amplification of recalcitrant plant DNA by the use of activated charcoal during DNA extraction

Plant Breeding

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 205-206

  Vroh Bi, I ^a   Harvengt, L ^a   Chandelier, A ^a   Mergeai, G ^a   Du Jardin, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

activated charcoal; Coffea arabica; CTAB; DNA; Gossypium hirsutum; Hevea brasiliensis; Manihot esculenta; Musa accuminata; RAPD

Indexed keywords

EID: 6444220832     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.1996.tb00905.x     Document Type: Article

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