Improved micropropagation protocol of an endangered medicinal plant-picrorhiza kurroa royle ex benth. promptly through auxin treatments

Chiang Mai Journal of Science

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 304-313

  Jan, Arif ^a   Thomas, George ^b   Shawl, Abdul S ^a   Neelofar, Jabeen ^a   Kozgar, Mohammad I ^c  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

^b SAM HIGGINBOTTOM UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (India)

^c ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chill treatment; Cytokinin free; Micropropagation and picrorhiza kurroa

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954205864     PISSN: 01252526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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