Non-conventional breeding approaches for banana and plantain improvement against fungal diseases at AECI

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 540, Issue , 2000, Pages 207-214

  Okole, B ^a   Memela, C ^a   Rademan, S ^a   Kunert, K J ^a   Brunette, Mike ^b  

^a AECI Explosives & Chemicals Ltd   (South Africa)

^b Kynoch Plant Lab   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Plant transformation; Somaclonal variation; Toxin selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 69149108326     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2000.540.23     Document Type: Conference Paper

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