Paper Details
Full metadata, abstract, citation, and access status.
PJB-1986-34
THERMOTHERAPY AND MERISTEM TIP CULTURE OF SOLANUM TUBEROSM FOR THE ELIMINATION OF POTATO VIRUSES X, S AND Y
Abstract
Meristem tips of 0.4 mm excised form solanum tubaerosum cultivars cardinal and desiree having undergone thermotherapy at 34oC for 11-60 days regenerated into rooted plantlets. The effect of duration of thermotherapy on regeneration potential of meristems was insignificant (P> 0.95). Thermotherapy for 60 days in cv , cardinal resulted in 8, 35 and 46% elimination of potato
