Morphological and oil content variation in seeds of Azadirachta indica A. Juss. (Neem) from northern and western provenances of India

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 293-298

  Kaura, S K ^a   Gupta, S K ^a   Chowdhury, J B ^a  

^a CCS HARYANA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Azadirachta indica; Neem; Oil; Provenance; Seed

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; INDIA; PLANT SEED; TREE;

GENOTYPE; INDIA; PLANT OILS; SEEDS; TREES;

EID: 0032463044     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008013424150     Document Type: Article

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