Regeneration and characterization of Swertia chirata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. plants from immature seed cultures

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-114

  Chaudhuri, Rituparna Kundu ^a   Pal, Amita ^b   Jha, Timir Baran ^a  

^a PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

DNA fingerprinting; Immature seeds; Mass propagation; Medicinal plant; Swertia chirata

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; CULTIVATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GROWTH REGULATOR; HERB; MORPHOGENESIS; PROPAGATION (HORTICULTURE); REGENERATION;

SWERTIA; SWERTIA CHIRAYTA;

EID: 59349087522     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2008.09.022     Document Type: Article

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