In vitro Mutagenesis and Somaclonal Variation Assisted Salt Tolerance in 'Rough Lemon' (Citrus jambhiri Lush.)

European Journal of Horticultural Science

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 233-238

  Kumar, K ^a   Gill, M I S ^a   Kaur, H ^a   Choudhary, O P ^a   Gosal, S S ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Citrus; In vitro mutation breeding; Rootstock; Salt tolerance; Tissue culture induced variations

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; CITRUS JAMBHIRI; CITRUS LIMON;

EID: 79953227723     PISSN: 16114434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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