'Isubgol' as an alternative gelling agent in plant tissue culture media

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 318-322

  Babbar, S B ^a   Jain, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

'Isubgol'; Agar agar; Gelling agent; Plant tissue culture media

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031888942     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990050400     Document Type: Article

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