Applications of biotechnology for improvement of millet crops: Review of progress and future prospects

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 81-88

  Kothari, S L ^a,b   Kumar, Satish ^a   Vishnoi, R K ^c   Kothari, A ^a   Watanabe, Kazuo N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cereals; Micropropagation; Millets

Indexed keywords

PASPALUM NOTATUM; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; POACEAE;

EID: 28444499325     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.22.81     Document Type: Review

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