In vitro clonal propagation of an aromatic medicinal herb Ocimum basilicum L. (sweet basil) by axillary shoot proliferation

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 293-296

  Sahoo, Y ^a   Pattnaik, S K ^a   Chand, P K ^a  

^a UTKAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aromatic and medicinal plants; In vitro propagation; O. basilicum

Indexed keywords

CULTURE TECHNIQUE; GIBBERELLIC ACID; PLANT GROWTH; REGENERATION; TISSUE CULTURE;

BASILICUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM;

EID: 0031447589     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11627-997-0053-3     Document Type: Article

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