In vitro propagation of a high value medicinal plant: Asparagus racemosus Willd.

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 525-532

  Bopana, Nishritha ^a   Saxena, Sanjay ^b  

^a TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Asparagus racemosus Willd.; Axillary branching; Conservation; Micropropagation

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS;

EID: 60049090819     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11627-008-9137-y     Document Type: Article

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