Frontiers in Transgenic Medicinal Plants Research

Medicinal Plant Biotechnology: From Basic Research to Industrial Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 375-395

  Tadmor, Ya'akov ^a   Lewinsohn, Efraim ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Botanicals; Crops; Food; Health values; Plants research

Indexed keywords

EID: 43849101853     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527619771.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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