In vitro propagation of Decalepis arayalpathra, a critically endangered ethnomedicinal plant

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 648-654

  Sudha, C G ^a   Krishnan, P N ^a   Pushpangadan, P ^b   Seeni, S ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b National and Botanical Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Decalepis arayalpathra; Endangered; Ethnomedicinal plant; Micropropagation

Indexed keywords

PERIPLOCOIDEAE;

EID: 28144462438     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/IVP2005652     Document Type: Article

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