Studies on differential growth behaviour of two alpine herbs of Western Himalaya from different altitudes under in vitro conditions

Indian Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 137-140

  Pandey, Subedar ^a   Malik, Sonia ^a   Sharma, Sanjeev ^a   Sharma, Madhu ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Nitrate reductase activity; Picrorhiza kurroa; Respiration; RGR; Rheum emodi; SLA

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; HERB; IN VITRO STUDY; INDIA; LEAF AREA; LEAF MASS FRACTION; NONHUMAN; PICRORHIZA KURROA; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PARAMETERS; PLANT RESPIRATION RATE; RHEUM EMODI; RHUBARB; ROOT GROWTH; ROOT MASS FRACTION; SHOOT GROWTH; SHOOT MASS FRACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

PICRORHIZA KURROOA; RHEUM AUSTRALE;

EID: 39749117363     PISSN: 09725849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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