Ex situ conservation and clonal propagation of the Malagasy Syzygium cuminii, an antidiabetic plant

Belgian Journal of Botany

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-20

  Randriamampionona, Denis ^a,c   Rafamantanana, Mamy ^a   Rabemanantsoa, Christian ^a   Rakotoniriana, Francisco ^a   Cheuk, Kiban ^a   Corbisier, Anne Marie ^b   Mahillon, Jacques ^b   Ratsimamanga, Suzanne ^a   El Jaziri, Mondher ^c  

^a INSTITUT MALGACHE DE RECHERCHES APPLIQUÉES   (Madagascar)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Germplasm conservation; Micropropagation; Myrtaceae

Indexed keywords

MYRTACEAE; SYZYGIUM CUMINI;

EID: 55449115645     PISSN: 07784031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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