In vitro shoot multiplication of Bupleurum distichophyllum wight - A native medicinal plant of southern India

Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-124

  Karuppusamy, S ^a   Pullaiah, T ^a  

^a SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bupleurum distichophyllum; Conservation; Medicinal plant; Micropropagation

Indexed keywords

BUPLEURUM; DISTICHOPHYLLUM;

EID: 39449133075     PISSN: 18173721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/ptcb.v17i2.2574     Document Type: Article

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