Cloning of Rauvolfia serpentina - An endangered medicinal plant

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-65

  Kataria, Vinod ^a   Shekhawat, N S ^a  

^a JAI NARAIN VYAS UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Auxin pulsing; Clonal micropropagation; Rauvolfia serpentina; Sarpagandha

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CLONING; CULTIVATION; FORESTRY; ORGANIC ACIDS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE CULTURE;

BUD PROLIFERATION; CLONAL MICROPROPAGATION; COMMERICAL CULTIVATION; ENDANGERED MEDICINAL PLANT; RAUVOLFIA SERPENTINA; SHOOT MULTIPLICATION RATE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CLONE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MEDICINAL PLANT; PROPAGATION (HORTICULTURE);

APOCYNACEAE; RAUVOLFIA SERPENTINA;

EID: 24944476449     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J091v20n01_04     Document Type: Article

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