The world collection of Musa germplasm in the INIBAP Transit Centre at the Catholic University of Leuven: Conservation strategies and mode of operation;La collection mondiale du bananier (Musa spp.) au Centre de Transit de l'INIBAP Ȥ la K.U.Leuven: Stratégies de conservation et mode d'opération

Biotechnology, Agronomy and Society and Environment

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 36-45

  Van den Houwe, Ines ^a   Jourez, Benoit ^a  

^a LABORATORY OF GENE TECHNOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Banana; Belgium; Cryoconservation; Gene banks; In vitro culture; Musa; Slow growth

Indexed keywords

MUSA;

EID: 84887666190     PISSN: 13706233     EISSN: 17804507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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