Microbial contamination in explants of banana cultivars 'Galil 18' and 'Tropical'

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 829, Issue , 2010, Pages 341-344

  Ganen, S T S ^a   Nietsche, S ^a   Pereira, M C T ^a   Reis, S T ^a   Xavier, A A ^a   Santos, T M ^a   Fernandes, T P ^a  

^a UNIMONTES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Musa spp.; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTER GERGOVIAE; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MUSA; NEGIBACTERIA; PAENIBACILLUS POLYMYXA; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA SP.;

EID: 74849103241     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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