In-vitro plantlet propagation and microtuberization of meristem culture in some of wild and commercial potato cultivars as affected by NaCl

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 268-274

  Pour, Mansoor Saljooghian ^a   Omidi, Mansoor ^a   Majidi, Islam ^a   Davoodi, Dariush ^a   Tehrani, Parichehreh Ahmadian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Microtuberization; Potato; Salinity tolerance; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

AGRIA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 79961160734     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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