Cost-effective in vitro conservation of banana using alternatives of gelling agent (isabgol) and carbon source (market sugar)

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 703-711

  Agrawal, Anuradha ^a   Sanayaima, Rajkumari ^a,b   Tandon, Rajesh ^b   Tyagi, Rishi K ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Commercial sugar; Conservation; Matric potential; Musa psyllium seed husk; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

MUSA; PLANTAGO OVATA;

EID: 77953871669     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-009-0450-9     Document Type: Article

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