Cultivation and domestication study of high value medicinal plant species (its economic potential and linkages with commercialization)

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 5, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 2462-2470

  Sher, Hassan ^a   Alyemeni, Mohammed N ^a   Faridullah, ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Department of Environmental Sciences ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Altitude; Domestication; Economic potential; Farm lands; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS; ATROPA; CARUM CARVI; LINUM; RAUVOLFIA SERPENTINA; VALERIANA;

EID: 78449280487     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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