Radiosensitivity of Albizia procera to acute and fractionated gamma irradiation at two moisture levels

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 345-353

  Ahlawat, S P ^a,b   Kapoor, M L ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b State Forest Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Acute; Albizia procera; ED50 20; Fractionated; Gamma rays; Radiosensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031084467     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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