Opuntia and Other Cacti: Applications and Biotechnological Insights

Tropical Plant Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 136-150

  Shedbalkar, Utkarsha U ^a   Adki, Vinayak S ^a   Jadhav, Jyoti P ^a   Bapat, Vishwas A ^a  

^a SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biochemical analysis; Cactus; Food products; Genetic engineering; Medicines; Phytoremediation; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE; OPUNTIA;

EID: 77956462201     PISSN: 19359756     EISSN: 19359764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12042-010-9055-0     Document Type: Article

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