Molecular biology and genetic engineering of polyamines in plants

Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Markers

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 60-77

  Rajam, M V ^a   Kumria, R ^a   Singh, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

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