Menthol tolerant clones of Mentha arvensis: Approach for in vitro selection of menthol rich genotypes

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-94

  Dhawan, Sunita ^a   Shasany, Ajit K ^a   Naqvi, Ali Arif ^a   Kumar, Sushil ^b   Khanuja, Suman P S ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Mentha arvensis L.; Menthol tolerance; Mint oil; New variety; RAPD; Somaclones; Yield

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMASS; CLONING; GREENHOUSES; TISSUE CULTURE;

MENTHOL TOLERANCE;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

MENTHA; MENTHA ARVENSIS;

EID: 0043206047     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024684605967     Document Type: Article

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