Cytogenetic studies in Withania somnifera (L.) Dun. (Solanaceae)

Cytologia

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-47

  Iqbal, Mohsina ^a   Datta, Animesh K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

Author keywords

Basic chromosome number; Karyotype; Meiosis; Secondary chromosome association; Withania somnifera

Indexed keywords

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SOLANACEAE; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

EID: 34248671703     PISSN: 00114545     EISSN: 00114545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.72.43     Document Type: Article

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