Enhancement in biomass and berberine concentration by neem cake and nitrogen (urea) and sulphur nutrients in Tinospora cordifolia miers

Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 243-251

  Kumar, Sanjeev ^b   Narula, Alka ^a   Abdin, M Z ^a   Sharma, M P ^a   Srivastava, P S ^a  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b AMITY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; TINOSPORA;

EID: 4644291003     PISSN: 09715894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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