Rapid micropropagation of Andrographis alata Nees. through leaf callus culture

Plant Cell Biotechnology and Molecular Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 117-124

  Nagaraja, Y P ^a   Krishna, V ^a   Maruthi, K R ^a  

^a KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Andrographis alata; Leaf callus; Morphological variation; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

ANDROGRAPHIS;

EID: 0345446506     PISSN: 09722025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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