Ex situ conservation of Aconitum heterophyllum Wall. - An endangered medicinal plant of the Himalaya through mass propagation and its effect on growth and alkaloid content

Plant Genetic Resources: Characterisation and Utilisation

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 127-135

  Pandey, Subedar ^a   Kushwaha, Rekha ^a   Prakash, Om ^a   Bhattacharya, Amita ^a   Ahuja, P S ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Aconitin; Aconitum heterophyllum; Ex situ conservation; Hot water treatment of seeds; Seed germination; Seedling growth

Indexed keywords

ACONITUM; ACONITUM HETEROPHYLLUM;

EID: 25844490495     PISSN: 14792621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PGR200570     Document Type: Article

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