Unique graft combination of tea, Cr-6017/UPASI-9

Current Science

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1508-1517

  Balasubramanian, S ^a   Netto, L A ^a   Parathiraj, S ^a  

^a R and D Department   (India)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Biochemical composition; Bush architecture; Cr 6017 UPASI 9; Drought tolerance; Nursery grafting

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956254542     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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