Simultaneous shoot regeneration and rhizogenesis of wedelia chinensis for in vitro clonal propagation

American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-69

  Agarwala, Bipasha ^a   Azam, F M Safiul ^a   Khatun, Mst Afsana ^b   Rahman, Farhana ^a   Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

^b Lincoln College   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anti hepatotoxicity; BAP + GA3; BAP + NAA; Bhringaraj

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; WEDELIA; WEDELIA CHINENSIS;

EID: 77954130576     PISSN: 19950748     EISSN: 19981074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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