In vitro propagation of wild yams, Dioscorea oppositifolia (Linn) and Dioscorea pentaphylla (Linn)

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 2348-2352

  Poornima, G N ^a   Ravishankar Rai, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

Dioscorea; Diosgenin; Microtuber; Nodal culture

Indexed keywords

1 NAPHTHYLACETIC ACID; 6 N BENZYLADENINE; ACTIVATED CARBON; INDOLEBUTYRIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIOSCOREA OPPOSITIFOLIA; DIOSCOREA PENTAPHYLLA; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; ROOTING; SHOOT; YAM;

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA PENTAPHYLLA; DIOSCOREA POLYSTACHYA; DIOSCOREA VILLOSA;

EID: 35648977143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJB2007.000-2368     Document Type: Article

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