Somaclonal variation for some morphological traits, herb yield, essential oil content and essential oil composition in an Indian cultivar of rose-scented geranium

Plant Breeding

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 84-86

  Ravindra, N S ^a   Kulkarni, R N ^a   Gayathri, M C ^b   Ramesh, S ^a  

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

^b BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aromatic plant; Pelargonium graveolens; Somaclonal variation

Indexed keywords

PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM CAPITATUM; PELARGONIUM GRAVEOLENS;

EID: 1642339837     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0523.2003.00943.x     Document Type: Article

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