Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) resistance in cultivar ‘Lakatan’ developed via gamma irradiation of shoot tips
Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) is the most destructive virus disease of banana in the Philippines. Incorporation of resistance to this virus disease by conventional hybridization is not possible due to sterility of most commercial banana cultivars. Instead, gamma radiation coupled with in vitro tech...
| Published in: | The Philippine Journal of Crop Science Vol. 31, no. 3 (Dec. 2006), 21-34 |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2006
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