Chemical stimulation of seed germination in ex situ produced seeds in Swertia chirayita, a critically endangered medicinal herb

Research Journal of Seed Science

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 139-149

  Badola, Hemant K ^a   Pradhan, B K ^a   Badola, H K ^a  

^a G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Critically endangered; Ex situ; Himalayan; Seed germination; Swertia chirayita

Indexed keywords

SWERTIA;

EID: 77956569609     PISSN: 18193552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/rjss.2010.139.149     Document Type: Article

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