High frequency plantlet regeneration in Indian ginseng Withania somnifera L. (Dunal)

Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 289-293

  Sharma, Madan Mohan ^a   Batra, Amla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

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Indexed keywords

PANAX GINSENG; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

EID: 34250873352     PISSN: 09715894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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