Plant biotechnology - Its role in improvement of spices

Indian Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 533-547

  Nirmal Babu, K ^a   Minoo, D ^a   Geetha, S P ^a   Samsudeen, K ^a   Rema, J ^a   Ravindran, P N ^a,b   Peter, K V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SPICES RESEARCH   (India)

^b Div Crop Improvement and Biotech

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Crop improvement; Somaclones; Spices

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY RESOURCES; GENOTYPE; GERMPLASM; INDIA; MICROPROPAGATION; SPICE;

EID: 0031688221     PISSN: 00195022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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