High frequency micropropagation of aloe vera L. Burm. f. as a low cost option towards commercialization

Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-35

  Das, Anusree ^a   Mukherjee, Priyanka ^a   Jha, Timir Baran ^a  

^a PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aloe vera; Bitter cultivar; Cost analysis; Micropropagation

Indexed keywords

ALOE; ALOE VERA;

EID: 77958516083     PISSN: 18173721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/ptcb.v20i1.5962     Document Type: Article

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