Regeneration in Rheum emodi wall.: A step towards conservation of an endangered medicinal plant species

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 130-134

  Malik, Sonia ^a   Kumar, Ravi ^a   Vats, Surender K ^a   Bhushan, Shashi ^a   Sharma, Madhu ^a   Ahuja, Paramvir Singh ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Direct regeneration; Plant tissue culture; Polygonaceae; Rheum emodi

Indexed keywords

6-BENZYLAMINOPURINE; DIRECT REGENERATION; ENDANGERED MEDICINAL PLANT; GREENHOUSE CONDITIONS; IN-PLANT; IN-VITRO; INDOLE-3-BUTYRIC ACID; LEAF SURFACES; LEAF THICKNESS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MURASHIGE AND SKOOG MEDIUMS; PLANT SPECIES; PLANT TISSUE CULTURE; PLANTLETS; POLYGONACEAE; PRE-TREATMENT; RHEUM EMODI; SHOOT BUDS; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; VASCULAR BUNDLE;

FATTY ACIDS; GREENHOUSES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION; TISSUE CULTURE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BUD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GROWTH REGULATOR; HISTOLOGY; LEAF; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GREENHOUSE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT DENSITY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT REGENERATION; RHUBARB; SHOOT REGENERATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

POLYGONACEAE; RHEUM AUSTRALE;

EID: 66449096823     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: 16182863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.200800071     Document Type: Article

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