A highly efficient regeneration system for watermelon (Citrullus lanatus thunb.)

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 145-150

  Luan, Feishi ^a   Wang, Xuezheng ^a   Shang, Limin ^a  

^a NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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