Direct in vitro regeneration of leaf explants of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal

Plant Science

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 163-168

  Kulkarni, Anjali A ^a   Thengane, S R ^a   Krishnamurthy, K V ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Direct regeneration; Leaf culture; Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal

Indexed keywords

WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; EXPLANT; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; REGENERATION;

WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

EID: 0030596807     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-9452(96)04462-7     Document Type: Article

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