AUTHOR: Verma VS, Raychaudhuri SP
TITLE: EFFECT OF TANNIC ACID AND ELLAGIC ACID ON THE INFECTIVITY OF POTATO VIRUS X IN TISSUE CULTURE
SOURCE: Naturwissenschaften; 55(11):546 1968   UI: 69700990
ABSTRACT: In cultures of callus tissue from potato virus X (PVX)-infected tobacco plants, tannic acid (60 ppm) stimulated PVX infectivity and callus growth, whereas ellagic acid (200 ppm) inhibited callus growth.