Natural plant extracts for the in vitro culture of Mucuna pruriens

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 764, Issue , 2007, Pages 247-256

  Jorge, Alexandra ^a   Hanson, Jean ^a   Gebremariam, Girma ^a   Proud, Janice ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Phenolic compounds; Polyethylene glycol; Polyvinylpoly pyrrolidone; Velvet bean; Viruses; Ytterbium acetate

Indexed keywords

CORYLUS; MUCUNA; MUCUNA PRURIENS; PASSIFLORA EDULIS;

EID: 34548148929     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2007.764.33     Document Type: Conference Paper

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