The role of vegetative propagation in the domestication of Pausinystalia johimbe (K. Schum), a highly threatened medicinal species of West and Central Africa

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 188, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 175-183

  Tchoundjeu, Z ^a   Ngo Mpeck, M L ^a   Asaah, E ^a   Amougou, A ^b  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Auxin; Leaf area; Leafy stem cuttings; Medicinal plant; Non mist propagator; Rooting medium

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BIODIVERSITY; HARVESTING; PLANTS (BOTANY); SAWDUST; VEGETATION;

VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION;

FORESTRY;

DOMESTICATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MEDICINAL PLANT; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

PAUSINYSTALIA; PAUSINYSTALIA JOHIMBE;

EID: 0842306468     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2003.07.010     Document Type: Article

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