Studies on leaf spot disease of Withania somnifera and its impact on secondary metabolites

Indian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 432-437

  Pati, Pratap Kumar ^a   Sharma, Monica ^a   Salar, Raj Kumar ^b   Sharma, Ashutosh ^a   Gupta, A P ^c   Singh, B ^c  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CHAUDHARY DEVI LAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Alternaria alternata; Biochemical changes; HPTLC; Microbial deterioration; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

EID: 58149522840     PISSN: 00468991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12088-008-0053-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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