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Agricultural Science Digest, volume 37 issue 2 (june 2017) : 94-99

In Vitro direct plant regeneration using shoot tip explants in sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) for rapid mass cloning

Rupinder Kaur, Manish Kapoor*
1<p>Department of Botany, Punjabi University, Patiala-147 001, Punjab, India.</p>
Cite article:- Kaur Rupinder, Kapoor* Manish (2017). In Vitro direct plant regeneration using shoot tip explants in sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) for rapid mass cloning . Agricultural Science Digest. 37(2): 94-99. doi: 10.18805/asd.v37i2.7981.

In Vitro direct plant regeneration using shoot tip explants in sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) for rapid mass cloning


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