Shoot tip culture and thermotherapy for recovering virus-free plants of garlic Cultura de ápices caulinares e termoterapia na recuperação de plantas livres de vírus de alho

Garlic shoot tip culture associated with dry heat thermotherapy (cloves exposed to 37°C for 35 days) were essential for recovering virus free plants of the cv Amarante. In this condition 70% of the explants developed in vitro and produced plants. A total of 77% of those plants was virus free when in...

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Main Authors: Antonio Carlos Torres, Thor Vinícius Fajardo, André Nepomuceno Dusi, Renato de Oliveira Resende, José Amauri Buso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Olericultura 2000-11-01
Series:Horticultura Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-05362000000300010