Pollen production in some plant taxa with a supposed role in allergy in Eastern India

Aerobiologia

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 397-403

  Mondal, Amal Kumar ^a   Mandal, Subrata ^a   Mandal, Sudhendu ^a  

^a VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Allergenic plants; India; Pollen production; Pollination mechanism

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; INDIA; PLANT; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AILANTHUS; ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS; ARGEMONE MEXICANA; AZADIRACHTA EXCELSA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CASSIA; DALBERGIA SISSOO; HOLARRHENA PUBESCENS; LAGERSTROEMIA SPECIOSA; MADHUCA INDICA; MILLETTIA; MIMUSOPS ELENGI; MORUS ALBA; MORUS INDICA; MURRAYA PANICULATA; SENNA ALATA;

EID: 0032428230     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02694309     Document Type: Article

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