Virus elimination and pathogen-free plantlets regeneration in Cucurbita pepo L.

Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 527-537

  Kabir, Ahmad H ^a   Pal, Shakti P ^a   Sarker, Kanak K ^a   Sharmin, Shamima A ^a   Alam, Mohammad F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Acclimatisation; Apical meristem; Root induction; Virus

Indexed keywords

CUCURBITA PEPO;

EID: 77649199835     PISSN: 03235408     EISSN: 14772906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03235400801939862     Document Type: Article

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