Less known wild edible plants used by the gujjar tribe of district Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir State-India

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 826, Issue , 2009, Pages 325-332

  Rashid, A ^a   Anand, V K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU   (India)

Author keywords

Cultivated plants; Ecological imbalance; Himalaya; Nomadic life style; Wild edibles

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350065696     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2009.826.45     Document Type: Conference Paper

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