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PJB-1986-34

THERMOTHERAPY AND MERISTEM TIP CULTURE OF SOLANUM TUBEROSM FOR THE ELIMINATION OF POTATO VIRUSES X, S AND Y

GHULAM MUSTAFA SAJID, AZRA QURAISHI AND MOHAMMAD SALIM
Abstract

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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

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